Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black - Hardcover
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The dean of the Ohio State University College of Law recounts his meeting of his father's people in Muncie, Indiana, the shock he experienced when he learned he was half black, and the prejudice that he and his brother endured from both sides. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
"Affecting and absorbing."--Publishers Weekly
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The author recounts the shock he experienced when he learned his father's relatives in Muncie, Indiana, were poor and Black, and the prejudice that he and his brother endured from both sides.
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- PublisherE P Dutton
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0525938508
- ISBN 13 9780525938507
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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