The color of water : a black man's tribute to his white mother
McBride, James, 1957-1998
Book
As an adult, McBride finally persuaded his mother to tell her story - the story of a rabbi's daughter born in Poland & raised in the southern US, who fled to Harlem, married a black man, founded a Baptist church, & put 12 children through college.
Main title:
The color of water : a black man's tribute to his white mother / James McBride.
Author:
McBride, James, 1957-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 1998.
Collation:
228 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: U.S. : Riverhead, 1996.Originally published: U.S.: Riverhead, 1996.
ISBN:
9780747538325 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.845092306.846092SHI
Language:
English
Subject:
McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-2010 -- FamilyMcBride, James, 1957- -- FamilyJewish women -- New York (State) -- New York -- BiographyRacially mixed children -- New York (State) -- New York -- BiographyJews -- New York (State) -- New York -- BiographyInterracial marriage -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York
BRN:
563986