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The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother / James McBride.

Summary:

Who is Ruth McBridge Jordan? A sel-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve children. James McBridge, journalist, musician and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful memoir.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1573220221 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781573220224 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 228 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 1996.
Subject:
McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-
McBride, James, 1957-
Racially mixed people > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Mothers > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Whites > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Racially mixed people > Race identity.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library BIO MCBR MCBR 1996 258541 Biography Reshelving -