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Title:
American Negra : a memoir
ISBN:
9780063237100

9780063237117
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
279 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
P'al Norte -- Mother Tongue -- Pelo Bueno -- Quinceañera -- Gifted -- Golden Ticket -- Black & Crimson -- Hispaniola -- Black Majesty -- Sell Out -- Miss Education -- Second City -- Prodigal Daughter -- Becoming a Grio -- Beyond Invincible -- Diasporica.
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Summary:
"An award-winning journalist, TV political analyst, and creator of TheGrio documentary, Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico, recounts her experiences as an African American and Puerto Rican woman, reflecting on her improbable journey from Syracuse to Harvard, hedge fund boardrooms to newsrooms, and beyond in pursuit of America's infinite opportunities. Part inspiring memoir, part cultural analysis, with remarkable self-determination, Natasha S. Alford shows why the movement to recognize Afro-Latin identity illuminates shared struggles across the Black diaspora and often overlooked history"--
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