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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Author Conversation with Martha  S. Jones\, \"The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir”
DESCRIPTION:Prizewinning scholar and renowned author of Black history Martha S. Jones will join the Bookworm for a conversation on identity\, belonging\, and family\, drawing from her powerful new book\, The Trouble with Color: An American Family Memoir.\n\nMartha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But weeks into college\, a Black Studies classmate challenged Jones’s 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?”\n\nJones delves into her family’s 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.\n\nJourneying 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 family.\n\nSponsored by Cinda-Sue Davis.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144765
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:african american,american culture,american history,Black America,Black History Month,Book Talk,Books,Discussion,Diversity,history,Library,Literature,Podcast,Talk
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