Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/46562to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trouble of Color Author: Martha S. Jones Narrator: Martha S. Jones Format: mp3 Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins Release date: 03-04-25 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 8 ratings Genres: Social Sciences Publisher's Summary: Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But weeks into college, a Black Studies classmate challenged Jones’s right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair, he confronted her with a question that inspired a lifetime of introspection: “Who do you think you are?” Now a prizewinning scholar of Black history, Jones delves into her family’s past for answers. In every generation since her great-great-great-grandmother survived enslavement to raise a free family, color determined her ancestors’ lives.

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