Title The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother / James McBride.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	F130.N4 M38 1996	Available	---

Description	xiii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary	Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve children. James McBridge, journalist, musician and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful memoir.
Subject	McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-2010.
	McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-2010.
	McBride, James, 1957-
	McBride, James, 1957-
	Racially mixed people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
	Racially mixed people.
	New York (State) -- New York.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
	Mothers.
	White people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
	White people.
	Racially mixed people -- Race identity.
	Racially mixed people -- Race identity.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
	National Book Committee.
	Mothers.
Genre/Form	Autobiographies.
	Autobiographies.
ISBN	1573220221 alkaline paper
	9781573220224 alkaline paper