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An assiduous scholar and absorbing writer (New York Times) confronts the limits of the historians craft in this powerful memoir of family, color, and being Black, white, and other in America A child of the civil rights era, Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But in Joness first semester of college, a Black Studies classmate challenged her right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair, he confronted her with a question that inspired a lifetime of introspection: Who do you think you are? Now a prizewinning scholar of Black history, Jones delves into her own familys past for answers, only to find a story that archives alone cant tell, a story of race in America that takes us beyond slavery, Jim Crow, and civil rights. Ever since her great-great-great-grandmother Nancy emerged from bondage in 1865 determined to raise a free family, skin color has determined Joness ancestors lives. But color and race are not the same, and through her familys story, Jones discovers the uneven, unpredictable relationship between the two. Drawing readers along the shifting and jagged path of Americas color line, The Trouble of Color is a lyrical, deeply felt meditation on the most fundamental matters of identity, belonging, and family. nAn assiduous scholar and absorbing writer (New York Times) confronts the limits of the historians craft in this powerful memoir of family, color, and being Black, white, and other in America Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But weeks into college, a Black Studies classmate challenged Joness right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair, he confronted her with a question that inspired a lifetime of introspection: Who do you think you are? Now a prizewinning scholar of Black history, Jones delves into her familys past for answers. In every generation since her great-great-great-grandmother survived enslavement to raise a free family, color determined her ancestors lives. But the color line was shifting and jagged, not fixed and straight. Some backed away from it, others skipped along it, and others still were cut deep by its sharp teeth. Journeying across centuries, from rural Kentucky and small-town North Carolina to New York City and its suburbs, The Trouble of Color is a lyrical, deeply felt meditation on the most fundamental matters of identity, belonging, and f
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