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White like her : my family's story of race and racial passing /

"The story of Gail Lukasik's mother's passing, Gail's struggle with the shame of her mother's choice, and her subsequent journey of self-discovery and redemption"--Amazon.com.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lukasik, Gail (Author)
Other Authors: Berry, Kenyatta D. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2017]
Subjects:
Kalina, Alvera Frederic, > 1921-2014.
Lukasik, Gail > Family.
Passing (Identity) > United States > Case studies.
Racially mixed women > Race identity > United States.
Racially mixed women > United States > Biography.
African American women > Race identity > Case studies.
African Americans > Race identity > Case studies.
Mothers and daughters > United States > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
United States > Race relations.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural Heritage.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Lukasik, Gail.
African American women.
African American women > Race identity.
African Americans > Race identity.
Families.
Mothers and daughters.
Passing (Identity)
Race relations.
Racially mixed women.
United States.
Nonfiction.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Description
Summary:"The story of Gail Lukasik's mother's passing, Gail's struggle with the shame of her mother's choice, and her subsequent journey of self-discovery and redemption"--Amazon.com.
Item Description:"As seen on Genealogy Roadshow."
The Cushing Library/Area Studies/Africana copy is inscribed by the author to Rebecca Hankins.
Physical Description:xiii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294).
ISBN:9781510724129
1510724125