Colored people: a memoir
Gives an indelible portrait of a vanished America. Born in 1950, Gates grew up in Piedmont (population 2,565), a West Virginia town perched on the side of a hill in the Allegheny Mountains. He was raised in a small, intimate, middle-class "colored" community where secrets and haircuts were prime commodities and the major social event was the annual mill picnic. It was a time when the United States was just crossing the threshold into desegregation. But Gates's story is not only a story about ra…
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- Full title :Colored people : a memoir / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Gives an indelible portrait of a vanished America. Born in 1950, Gates grew up in Piedmont (population 2,565), a West Virginia town perched on the side of a hill in the Allegheny Mountains. He was raised in a small, intimate, middle-class "colored" community where secrets and haircuts were prime commodities and the major social event was the annual mill picnic. It was a time when the United States was just crossing the threshold into desegregation. But Gates's story is not only a story about race. It is the story of a family, of a village, and of a special time and place in American history.
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- Publication Date:1995, ©1994.
- Edition:1st Vintage books ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Vintage Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1995, ©1994.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvi, 216 pages ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:067973919X, 9780679739197, 0679421793, 9780679421795, 9781435242418, 1435242416
- oclc:ocm32798199
- LC Classification:PS29.G28
- Dewey Decimal:975.4004
Table of Contents
Will the circle be unbroken? -- Colored people -- Prime time -- Wet dogs & white people -- In the kitchen -- Family pictures -- Up the hill -- Down to cumberland -- Playing hardball -- Over in the orchard -- Current events -- Love junkie -- Joining the church -- Saved -- Change of life -- Eternity -- Living under grace -- Negro digest -- Just talking to the Lord -- Shattering the sugar bowl -- Abandoning ship -- One day next Tuesday -- Sin boldly -- Walk the last mile -- The last mill picnic.
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