{"product_id":"color-kenneth-a-mcclane-9780268035150","title":"Color: Essays on Race, Family, and History","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1991, acclaimed poet Kenneth A. McClane published \u003ci\u003eWalls: Essays, 1985-1990\u003c\/i\u003e, a volume of essays dealing with life in Harlem, the death of his alcoholic brother, and the complexities of being black and middle-class in America. Now, in \u003ci\u003eColor: Essays on Race, Family, and History\u003c\/i\u003e, McClane contributes further to his self-described \"autobiographical sojourn\" with a second collection of interconnected essays. In McClane's words, \"All concern race, although they, like the human spirit, wildly sweep and yaw.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timely installment in our national narrative, Color is a chronicle of the black middle class, a group rarely written about with sensitivity and charity. In evocative, trenchant, and poetic prose, McClane employs the art of the memoirist to explore the political and the personal. He details the poignant narrative of racial progress as witnessed by his family during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. We learn of his parents' difficult upbringing in Boston, where they confronted much racism; of the struggles they and McClane encountered as they became the first blacks to enter previously all-white institutions, including the oldest independent school in the United States; and of the part his parents played in the civil rights movement, working with Dr. King and others. The book ends with a tender account of his parents in the throes of Alzheimer's disease, which claimed both their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth a. McClane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268035156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268035150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e IndieFab awards - Gold Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2009 pg. 73","brand":"Kenneth a. McClane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056717295871,"sku":"9780268035150","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b56cc907-22fe-4259-a707-ecc8681dd8f5.jpg?v=1685042867","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/color-kenneth-a-mcclane-9780268035150","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}