{"product_id":"boldfaced-lies-charlene-porter-9781934099124","title":"Boldfaced Lies","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistory logs insist that the American Civil War ended May 9, 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn explicit defiance, former Confederate military officers formed the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhite supremacist Ku Klux Klan, December 24, 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver since, all classes of white men, women and children have donned the Klan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehood and robe to perpetrate unspeakable crimes against immigrants, Catholics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Jews, and especially African Americans. Contrary to the romanticized myth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat Klan ranks are ensconced strictly in the South, Klaverns (chapters) have long\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeen coast-to-coast, as well as in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1925, Denver, and a state-wide number of other Colorado cites, were firmly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the social, political and economic grip of the \"invisible empire.\" The majority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Denver's elected officials, including its mayor, were members.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimultaneously, millions of African Americans were beginning new lives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeyond the former slave states. Many were light skinned enough to \"pass for white.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd did so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Charlene Porter's Denver Post #1 bestselling novel, Boldfaced Lies, Margaret\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowne, the wife of a ruthlessly ambitious Denver Klavern leader, learns that she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis one-quarter Negro. Denver Public School Libraries rates Boldfaced Lies \"an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimportant book about a shameful era of Colorado History.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Honorable Wellington Webb, Denver's first African American mayor (1991\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto 2003) states: Charlene Porter is a gifted writer. In Boldfaced Lies she weaves a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethoughtful and suspenseful story about family subjects and experiences that were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elong taboo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf your book club list includes: The Help, Hidden Figures, Beloved, Small Great\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThings, Passing, The Warmth of Other Suns, Twelve Years a Slave, Sycamore Road, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor The Underground Railroad...be sure to add \u003cem\u003eBoldfaced Lies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory logs insist that the American Civil War ended May 9, 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn explicit defiance, former Confederate military officers formed the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhite supremacist Ku Klux Klan, December 24, 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver since, all classes of white men, women and children have donned the Klan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehood and robe to perpetrate unspeakable crimes against immigrants, Catholics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Jews, and especially African Americans. Contrary to the romanticized myth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat Klan ranks are ensconced strictly in the South, Klaverns (chapters) have long\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeen coast-to-coast, as well as in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1925, Denver, and a state-wide number of other Colorado cites, were firmly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the social, political and economic grip of the \"invisible empire.\" The majority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Denver's elected officials, including its mayor, were members.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimultaneously, millions of African Americans were beginning new lives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeyond the former slave states. Many were light skinned enough to \"pass for white.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd did so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Charlene Porter's Denver Post #1 bestselling novel, Boldfaced Lies, Margaret\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowne, the wife of a ruthlessly ambitious Denver Klavern leader, learns that she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis one-quarter Negro. Denver Public School Libraries rates Boldfaced Lies \"an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimportant book about a shameful era of Colorado History.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Honorable Wellington Webb, Denver's first African American mayor (1991\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto 2003) states: Charlene Porter is a gifted writer. In Boldfaced Lies she weaves a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethoughtful and suspenseful story about family subjects and experiences that were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elong taboo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf your book club list includes: The Help, Hidden Figures, Beloved, Small Great\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThings, Passing, The Warmth of Other Suns, Twelve Years a Slave, Sycamore Road, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor The Underground Railroad...be sure to add \u003cem\u003eBoldfaced Lies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlene Porter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934099120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934099124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bublish, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.74d","brand":"Charlene Porter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125589176575,"sku":"9781934099124","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5c07c59-8748-4d3e-8606-a38891ba922e.jpg?v=1687443467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/boldfaced-lies-charlene-porter-9781934099124","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}