Race & Ethnicity

tenderfoot

(8,982 posts) Fri Nov 8, 2024, 12:53 AM Nov 2024

From 1996: Life on the Color Line

Life on the Color Line
Author Gregory Williams talked about his book "Life of the Color Lines", and his personal experiences with race relations during the 1950s and 1960s.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?76064-1/life-color-line

Gregory Howard Williams discussing his 1996 memoir "Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black"

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From 1996: Life on the Color Line (Original Post) tenderfoot Nov 2024 OP

made me think of this lapfog_1 Nov 2024 #1

lapfog_1

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1. made me think of this

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Fri Nov 8, 2024, 12:58 AM

Nov 2024

song released 38 years ago. Some things never change... including the line on the color bar.

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