{"product_id":"the-trouble-of-color-martha-s-jones-9781541601000","title":"The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn \"assiduous scholar and absorbing writer\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) confronts the limits of the historian's craft in this powerful memoir of family, color, and being Black, white, and other in America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A child of the civil rights era, Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But in Jones's first semester of college, a Black Studies classmate challenged her right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair, he confronted her with a question that inspired a lifetime of introspection: \"Who do you think you are?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now a prizewinning scholar of Black history, Jones delves into her own family's past for answers, only to find a story that archives alone can't tell, a story of race in America that takes us beyond slavery, Jim Crow, and civil rights. Ever since her great-great-great-grandmother Nancy emerged from bondage in 1865 determined to raise a free family, skin color has determined Jones's ancestors' lives. But color and race are not the same, and through her family's story, Jones discovers the uneven, unpredictable relationship between the two. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing readers along the shifting and jagged path of America's color line, \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble of Color\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical, deeply felt meditation on the most fundamental matters of identity, belonging, and family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martha S. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541601009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541601000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.75w x 1.13d","brand":"Martha S. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45934298923263,"sku":"9781541601000","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc827216-66af-4887-baee-da4a4df18377.jpg?v=1721790836","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trouble-of-color-martha-s-jones-9781541601000","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}