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My skin was my sin : the progeny of Africa in America / Quincy S. Smith.
Van Pelt Library E185.97.S63 A3 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Quincy S., 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smith, Quincy S., 1973-.
- Smith, Quincy S.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans.
- African American men--Biography.
- African American men.
- African American men--Psychology.
- African American men--Social conditions.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Race relations.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 488 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- St. Petersburg, Fla. : Diaspora Pub., [2005]
- Summary:
- In this profound autobiography, Smith exposes the reader to the private pain caused by wounds that bleed from the outside in wounds that traumatize the psyche and injure the soul. In no uncertain terms, Smith reviews the events of his life within the wider context of the historical struggle that began in 1619 when twenty Africans were thrust into bondage at Jamestown Landing on the shores of a nascent America.
- Contents:
- The prophecy
- Ol' time religion
- Orange groves
- School days
- Laura Street
- Bobos
- The holy ghost
- Little white lie
- Cold truth
- Mis-education
- Gimme 5, on the black hand side
- Lonely teardrops
- Rhythm of Africa
- Beat their stringy heads
- Friends & family
- Eviction, death, and the MVP
- Big man on campus
- Cracking up
- Hindsight : my two, me too
- Black sounds & white girls
- Say it in my face
- How ya like me now
- Stay in your place
- No compromise
- Irony
- Bet it up
- What's the charge
- Can you play
- Chasing pawns
- Déjà vu
- Barbershop talk
- Heart of hearts
- Promise fulfilled
- Hit the highway
- The joys of learning
- The new Phoenix
- Tennessee
- Knowledge of self
- Black jive
- Weary
- Evidence of things not seen.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0972107894
- OCLC:
- 57426903
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