Osa O. reviewed on 4/4/2007 + 22 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

The title's misleading but this is an excellent collection of short stories about African-American life under slavery and what came afterwards. There are varying stories about Blacks who are "light enough to pass" and relationships with white parents or Blacks who became successful living in Europe only to come home and find out that things hadn't changed in the U.S.

A fascinating collection of life as it was, written by someone who was there.

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