Autobiography Of An Ex-Colored Man eBook

A fictional tale set in America at the turn of the 20th century, ''The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man'' tells the story of a mixed-race man whose lighter skin allows him to pass for a white man when the need arises.Charting his journey across the racial divides, it describes his journey from a black college kid in Jacksonville to a successful man living in the white suburbs of the Northeast.This gripping, powerful novel is a landmark work in black American literary history, and its unsentimental look at race relations in America describes many of the racial issues that still affect the country to this day.''The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man'' is perfect for readers of Brit Bennett''s ´The Vanishing Half´.