Pearl's Secret is a remarkable autobiography and family story that combines elements of history, investigative reporting, and personal narrative in a riveting, true-to-life mystery. In it, Neil Henry--a black professor of journalism and former award-winning correspondent for the Washington Post--sets out to piece together the murky details of his family's past. His search for the white branch of his family becomes a deeply personal odyssey, one in which Henry deploys all of his journalistic skills to uncover the paper trail that leads to blood relations who have lived for more than a century on the opposite side of the color line. At the same time Henry gives a powerful and vivid account of his black family's rise to success over the twentieth century. Throughout the course of this gripping story the author reflects on the part that racism and racial ignorance have played in his daily life--from his boyhood in largely white Seattle to his current role as a parent and educator in California.
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Author: Henry, Neil
Publisher: University of California Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Pearl's Secret: A Black Man's Search for His White Family
Pages: 00321 (MicrosoftReader.lit) / 00321 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2001-05-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780520222571
Category: Biography & Autobiography : Cultural Heritage
Category: Biography & Autobiography : Personal Memoirs
Category: Social Science : Ethnic Studies - African American Studies -