Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Tag: Henry Wiencek
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‘Master’ Jefferson: Defender Of Liberty, Then Slavery Fresh Air from WHYY National Public Radio 2012-10-18 Maureen Corrigan, Book Critic His public words have inspired millions, but for scholars, his private words and deeds generate confusion, discomfort, apologetic excuses. When the young Thomas Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are…
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Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves Farrar, Straus and Giroux an imprint of Macmillan 2012-10-16 352 pages Hardback ISBN-10: 0374299560; ISBN-13: 978-0374299569 Henry Wiencek Is there anything new to say about Thomas Jefferson and slavery? The answer is a resounding yes. Master of the Mountain, Henry Wiencek’s eloquent, persuasive book—based on new…
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It was with joy and fear that I finished Henry Wiencek’s breathtaking saga, “The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White.” Joy, in that I was introduced to such a compelling cast of characters, set within riveting contexts, drawn with insight and erudition, illuminated by vivid, narrative that pulls the reader toward the important…
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The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White St. Martin’s Press an imprint of Macmillan February 1999 ISBN: 978-0-312-25393-6 ISBN10: 0-312-25393-1 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches 400 pages, Plus 16-page b&w photo insert Henry Wiencek Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award The Hairstons is the extraordinary story of the largest family in America,…