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Overview
A searing memoir about the author's experiences growing up in New York City with a black father and white mother, both of whom were members of the American Communist Party at the height of the McCarthy era. He inherits a vision of the world in conflict with the politics of most Americans as his childhood is framed by the struggles for integration and civil rights. Jeffries struggle to reconcile his vision with the people around him and his search for identity comes to a climax in present day New York.Book Details
Published
April 1, 2003
Publisher
New York : Kensington Pub., c2003.
Pages
448
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780758201133