Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black
Author: Gregory Howard Williams
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize “A triumph of storytelling as well as a triumph of spirit.”–Alex Kotlowitz, award-winning author of There Are No Children Here, , As a child in 1950s segregated Virginia, Gregory Howard Williams grew up believing he was white. But when the family business failed and his parents’ marriage fell apart, Williams discovered that hi….Read More
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