Say I'm dead: a family memoir of race, secrets, and love
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Published:
Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, ©2020.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
xiii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status:
Description
"Fearful of violating Indiana's anti-miscegenation laws in the 1940s, E. Dolores Johnson's black father and white mother fled Indianapolis to secretly marry. Johnson searched her father's black genealogy and then was amazed to suddenly realize that her mother's whole white side was missing in family history. Johnson went searching for the white family who did not know she existed. When she found them, it's not just their shock and her mother's shame that have to be overcome, but her own fraught experiences with whites."--
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Location
Call Number
Status
Meriden Adult Biography
BIO JOHNSON, E
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Wallingford Adult Nonfiction
306.8509 JOHNSON
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Biography.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Indianapolis (Ind.) -- Biography.
Indianapolis (Ind.) -- Race relations.
Interracial marriage -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.
Jackson family.
Jackson, Ella Lewis, -- 1910-2005 -- Family.
Johnson, E. Dolores.
Lewis family.
Multiracial families -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Indianapolis (Ind.) -- Biography.
Indianapolis (Ind.) -- Race relations.
Interracial marriage -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.
Jackson family.
Jackson, Ella Lewis, -- 1910-2005 -- Family.
Johnson, E. Dolores.
Lewis family.
Multiracial families -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.
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Unknown
ISBN:
9781641602747, 1641602740
Notes
Description
"Fearful of violating Indiana's anti-miscegenation laws in the 1940s, E. Dolores Johnson's black father and white mother fled Indianapolis to secretly marry. Johnson searched her father's black genealogy and then was amazed to suddenly realize that her mother's whole white side was missing in family history. Johnson went searching for the white family who did not know she existed. When she found them, it's not just their shock and her mother's shame that have to be overcome, but her own fraught experiences with whites."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Johnson, E. D. (2020). Say I'm dead: a family memoir of race, secrets, and love. First edition. Lawrence Hill Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Johnson, E. Dolores. 2020. Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love. Lawrence Hill Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Johnson, E. Dolores, Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love. Lawrence Hill Books, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Johnson, E. Dolores. Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love. First edition. Lawrence Hill Books, 2020.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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