Negroland: a memoir
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Pulitzer Prize–winning cultural critic Margo Jefferson was born in 1947 into upper-crust black Chicago. Her father was head of pediatrics at Provident Hospital, while her mother was a socialite. In these pages, Jefferson takes us into this insular and discerning society: "I call it Negroland," she writes, "because I still find 'Negro' a word of wonders, glorious and terrible." Negroland's pedigree dates back generations, having originated with antebellum free blacks who made their fortunes among the plantations of the South. It evolved into a world of exclusive sororities, fraternities, networks, and clubs--a world in which skin color and hair texture were relentlessly evaluated alongside scholarly and professional achievements, where the Talented Tenth positioned themselves as a third race between whites and "the masses of Negros," and where the motto was "Achievement. Invulnerability. Comportment." At once incendiary and icy, mischievous and provocative, celebratory and elegiac, Negroland is a landmark work on privilege, discrimination, and the fallacy of post-racial America.
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African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.
Jefferson family.
Jefferson, Margo, -- 1947- -- Childhood and youth.
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Jefferson, M. (2016). Negroland: a memoir. First Vintage Books edition. New York, Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jefferson, Margo, 1947-. 2016. Negroland: A Memoir. New York, Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Jefferson, Margo, 1947-, Negroland: A Memoir. New York, Vintage Books, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Jefferson, Margo. Negroland: A Memoir. First Vintage Books edition. New York, Vintage Books, 2016.
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