The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White (Hardcover) by Daniel J Sharfstein

from whitreidtan

Extensively researched and well-documented, this scholarly history examines a recognized but often over-looked phenomenon in American history and racial relations: crossing the color line. As the subtitle, Three American Families and the Secret Journey From Black to White, suggests, the book uses...

from whitreidtan

Extensively researched and well-documented, this scholarly history examines a recognized but often over-looked phenomenon in American history and racial relations: crossing the color line. As the subtitle, Three American Families and the Secret Journey From Black to White, suggests, the book uses...

from kraaivrouw

I have always been fascinated with ambiguity, especially where race and gender are concerned. So much of what we understand to be writ in stone is barely writ at all. The passage across perceived lines of race and gender is difficult or simple depending on when and where you live and how affluent...

from kraaivrouw

I have always been fascinated with ambiguity, especially where race and gender are concerned. So much of what we understand to be writ in stone is barely writ at all. The passage across perceived lines of race and gender is difficult or simple depending on when and where you live and how affluent...

from behemothing

Excellent use of detail and personality in discussing an often-abstract topic. Sometimes the sheer amount of information made it difficult to follow the various family story lines.