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by Rebecca Walker onJune 13, 2011
Our ubiquitous reader offers a potpourri that ranges from racial optimism to the role of indigo in the slave trade to the search for a kidnapped woman in the Nigerian Delta.
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January 2, 2011
As quiet as it's kept, the City of Angels has a rich black literary tradition. As part of The Root's city series, author Rebecca Walker takes a look at the best African-American writers who have called Los Angeles home.
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July 7, 2009
Starting with "Dreams from my Father", the president's 1995 memoir, and perhaps before, bookstores have embraced a literature of interracial family mysteries that explore both America and identity--and frequently return to race....
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May 21, 2009
Deep south, Jim Crow, and interracial marriages. Two new books from Danzy Senna and W. Ralph Eubanks tackle the intersection of race and family in America.
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