The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir by Jones, Martha S.
The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir by Jones, Martha S.

The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir

An "intimate and searching" (Natasha Trethewey, New York Times-bestselling author of Memorial Drive) memoir of family, color,...
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Author: Martha S. Jones
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Language: English
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The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir by Jones, Martha S.

The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir

$45.47
The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir by Jones, Martha S.

The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir

$45.47
Author: Martha S. Jones
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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An "intimate and searching" (Natasha Trethewey, New York Times-bestselling author of Memorial Drive) memoir of family, color, and being Black, white, and other in America, from "one of our country's greatest historians" (Clint Smith, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of How the Word is Passed)

Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But weeks into college, a Black Studies classmate challenged Jones's right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair, he confronted her with a question that inspired a lifetime of introspection: "Who do you think you are?"

Now a prizewinning scholar of Black history, Jones delves into her family's past for answers. In every generation since her great-great-great-grandmother survived enslavement to raise a free family, color determined her ancestors' lives. But the color line was shifting and jagged, not fixed and straight. Some backed away from it, others skipped along it, and others still were cut deep by its sharp teeth.

Journeying across centuries, from rural Kentucky and small-town North Carolina to New York City and its suburbs, The Trouble of Color is a lyrical, deeply felt meditation on the most fundamental matters of identity, belonging, and family.

Author: Martha S. Jones
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 03/04/2025
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.85w x 1.12d
ISBN: 9781541601000


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2025
BookPage 03/01/2025

About the Author
Martha S. Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, professor of history, and a professor at the SNF Agora Institute at the Johns Hopkins University. A prizewinning author and editor of four books, most recently Vanguard, she is past copresident of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians and has contributed to the New York Times, Atlantic, and many other publications. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
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