{"product_id":"trouble-of-color-an-american-family-memoir","title":"Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn \"intimate and searching\" (Natasha Trethewey, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMemorial Drive\u003c\/i\u003e) memoir of family, color, and being Black, white, and other in America, from \"one of our country's greatest historians\" (Clint Smith, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow the Word is Passed\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But weeks into college, a Black Studies classmate challenged Jones's 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 family's past for answers. In every generation since her great-great-great-grandmother survived enslavement to raise a free family, color determined her ancestors' lives. But the color line was shifting and jagged, not fixed and straight. Some backed away from it, others skipped along it, and others still were cut deep by its sharp teeth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Journeying across centuries, from rural Kentucky and small-town North Carolina to New York City and its suburbs, \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble of Color\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical, deeply felt meditation on the most fundamental matters of identity, belonging, and family.","brand":"Martha S Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46300151513324,"sku":"9781541601000","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781541601000.jpg?v=1743070207","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/trouble-of-color-an-american-family-memoir","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}