{"product_id":"life-on-the-color-line-isbn-9780452275331","title":"Life on the Color Line","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Heartbreaking and uplifting… a searing book about race and prejudice in America… brims with insights that only someone who has lived on both sides of the racial divide could gain.”—\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“A triumph of storytelling as well as a triumph of spirit.”—Alex Kotlowitz, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThere Are No Children Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a child in 1950s segregated Virginia, Gregory Howard Williams grew up believing he was white. But when the family business failed and his parents’ marriage fell apart, Williams discovered that his dark-skinned father, who had been passing as Italian-American, was half black. The family split up, and Greg, his younger brother, and their father moved to Muncie, Indiana, where the young boys learned the truth about their heritage. Overnight, Greg Williams became black.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this extraordinary and powerful memoir, Williams recounts his remarkable journey along the color line and illuminates the contrasts between the black and white worlds: one of privilege, opportunity and comfort, the other of deprivation, repression, and struggle. He tells of the hostility and prejudice he encountered all too often, from both blacks and whites, and the surprising moments of encouragement and acceptance he found from each.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLife on the Color Line \u003c\/i\u003eis a uniquely important book. It is a wonderfully inspiring testament of purpose, perseverance, and human triumph.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/b\u003e The Open House Cafe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/b\u003e The Midas Touch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 \u003c\/b\u003e\"Captain of My Soul\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 \u003c\/b\u003eRooster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 \u003c\/b\u003eLearning How to Be Niggers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 \u003c\/b\u003eBob and Weave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 \u003c\/b\u003e\"Saved\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 \u003c\/b\u003eHustling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 \u003c\/b\u003ePolitics and Race\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 \u003c\/b\u003eThe Color Line\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 \u003c\/b\u003eAccept the Things I Cannot Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 \u003c\/b\u003eChoices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13 \u003c\/b\u003eGo for It!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14 \u003c\/b\u003eBig Shoulders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15 \u003c\/b\u003ePersistence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16 \u003c\/b\u003eTeammates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 17 \u003c\/b\u003e\"Born in the Wilderness and Suckled by a Boar\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 18 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eState of Indiana v. 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Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 19 \u003c\/b\u003eMike: Like a Moth to Flames\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 20 \u003c\/b\u003eTottering Kingdoms and Crumbling Empires\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 21 \u003c\/b\u003eYour Truly Mother\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAffecting and absorbing.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A moving story of growing up on both sides of the nation's racial thicket… A powerful tale of a young man's struggle on the cusp of the nation's racial conflicts and confusions.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A triumph of storytelling as well as a triumph of spirit.”—\u003cb\u003eAlex Kotlowitz, award-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere Are No Children Here\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Heartbreaking and uplifting… a searing book about race and prejudice in America… brims with insights that only someone who has lived on both sides of the racial divide could gain.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Howard Williams\u003c\/b\u003e is an attorney, law school professor, and the former President of the University of Cincinnati (2009–2012) and the City College of New York (2001–2009). 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