{"product_id":"negroland-a-memoir-9780307473431","title":"Negroland: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Heartland Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the Best Books of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOprah\u003c\/i\u003e.com  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePulitzer 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eNegroland\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark work on privilege, discrimination, and the fallacy of post-racial America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307473431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.63d","brand":"Margo Jefferson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635585216668,"sku":"9780307473431","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a5829541-7a40-4f70-bb31-f018888bcca4.jpg?v=1603839977","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/negroland-a-memoir-9780307473431","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}