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Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008.

Race : how Blacks and whites think and feel about the American obsession / Studs Terkel.

1st ed.

New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 1992.

x, 403 pages ; 25 cm

A provocative look at contemporary race relations. First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's Race was an immediate bestseller. In a rare and revealing look how at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel brings out the full complexity of the thoughts and emotions of both blacks and whites, uncovering a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college students and Klansmen, interracial couples, the nephew of the founder of apartheid, and Emmett Till's mother are among those whose voices appear in Race. In all, nearly one hundred Americans talk openly about attitudes that few are willing to admit in public: feelings about affirmative action, gentrification, secret prejudices, and dashed hopes.

Oral history.

United States -- Race relations.

Oral histories.

Includes bibliographical references.

Prologue: Mamie Mobley -- Lucy Jefferson's legacy: Lucy Jefferson, William Freeman, Carol Freeman, Julian Jefferson -- Friends: Diane Romano, Anita Herbert, Peggy Terry, Little Dovie Thurman ; Welfare: Lynda Wright, Margaret Welch ; On the job: Joseph Robinson, Ben Hensley, Tasha Knight, Joe Gutierrez, Frank Lumpkin ; Overview I: Douglas Massey ; The house I live in: Leola Spann, Mary Fran Sheehan, Peggy Byas, Betty Rundle, Ianna Knox, Jim and Kathy Kish ; The park: Jim Capraro -- Yet and still: Joseph Lattimore, Dennis Carney, Maggie Holmes, Bill and Yuriko Hohri, Roy Maydon, Norma Stevenson, Bob Matthieson ; Overview II: Salim Muwakkil ; Awakenings: Charlise Lyles ; School days: Quinn Brisben ; Chester Kasko ; Peter Soderstrom ; Timuel Black ; Campus life: Dawn Kelly, Fred Werner, Jennifer Kasko, Charles Johnson ; Buddies: Richie Davis, Joseph Boone ; Passing the corner: Kevin Robinson, Chris Daniels, Andrea Collins, David Hill ; Lost and found: Robert Brown, Tyrone Mitchell ; 911: Sgt. Dennis Hinkson, Claire Hellstern, Mike Wrobleski, Ed Reardon -- Occurrence in Durham: C.P. Ellis, Ann Atwater, Howard Clement ; Lawyer: Gilbert Gordon, Alex Berteau ; Reflections of a bruised tiger and an ironic cat: Kid Pharaoh, Frank Chin ; There is a tavern in our town: Van Gallios ; From the far side: Mark Mathabane, Rian Malan -- From the near side: Maria Mathabane ; Overview III: Dr. Kenneth B. Clark ; Rise up, shepherd, and follow: Rev. C.T. Vivian, Will D. Campbell, Father Leonard Dubi -- Times past, time present: Eileen Barth, Josephine Clement ; It's a boy!: Clarence Page ; The birth certificate: Sylvia Matthews, Emily Matthews ; The adoption: June Schroeder, Jim Schroeder ; Overview IV: Leone Bennett, Jr. ; Mixed: Hank and Pamela De Zutter and Amanda, Leo and Vera King, Lloyd King.

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