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Born to a prominent black physician and a socialite, Margo Jefferson describes her early life within Chicago’s upper‐crust black society, a group the author affectionately terms the “colored aristocracy.” The book explores how the privileged enclave of Negroland—an insulated community of Negro America—defined her identity and worldview. Jefferson examines the pressures and expectations of this world through the lenses of the civil rights era, the rise of feminism, and the supposed end of racial distinctions, revealing personal contradictions and resilient perseverance.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Margo Jefferson
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