Description: Further DetailsTitle: White Like HerCondition: NewSubtitle: My Family's Story of Race and Racial PassingEAN: 9781510763234ISBN: 9781510763234Publisher: Sky Pony PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/16/2021Description: As seen on The Today Showand in the Washington Post's most inspiring stories of the year! "Important in helping us understand America's complex racial history."-Kenyatta D. Berry, Host of PBS's Genealogy RoadshowIncludes a new afterword by bestselling author and Philadelphia Inquirerjournalist Solomon Jones In the historical context of the Jim Crow South, author Gail Lukasik explores her African-American mother's decision to pass, how she hid her secret even from her own husband, and the price she paid for choosing whiteness. Haunted by her mother's fear and shame, Gail embarks on a quest to uncover her mother's racial lineage, tracing her family back to eighteenth-century colonial Louisiana. In coming to terms with her decision to publicly out her mother, Gail changed how she views race and heritage. With a foreword written by Kenyatta Berry, host of PBS's Genealogy Roadshow, and brand-new afterword written by bestselling author Solomon Jones, White Like Her is a unique and fascinating story of self-discovery and redemption that breaks down barriers.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 209mmItem Length: 139mmItem Weight: 328gAuthor: Gail LukasikContributor: Kenyatta D. Berry (Foreword by), Solomon Jones (Afterword by)Genre: BiographyItem Width: 25mmRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: White Like Her
Title: White Like Her
Subtitle: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing
EAN: 9781510763234
ISBN: 9781510763234
Release Date: 02/16/2021
Release Year: 2021
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Solomon Jones (Afterword by)
Book Title: White like Her : My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, African American, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 11.6 Oz
Author: Gail Lukasik
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
