True Names: Four Generations of My Afro Appalachian Family

by Malaika Adero

African Americans in Southern Appalachia faced a particularly rural kind of oppression, no matter what names they were called-black, Melungeon or mulatto. True Names: Four Generations of My Afro Appalachian Family tells the story of four generations of Black people, burdened by the absurdities of race, who created a rich, triumphant family culture in Knoxville, Tennessee.
African Americans are particularly challenged when they attempt to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478974311
• ISBN13: 9781478974314
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Center Street
• Length: 272 Pages