A highly personal meditation on race, sex, and American culture traces the author's upbringing and education in upper-class African-American circles against a backdrop of the Civil Rights era and its contradictory aftermath.
Shannon Lanier traces his family's relationship to Thomas Jefferson and discusses how his African-American ancestors learned they were related to the founding father.
Relates the history of Thomas Jefferson's home in western Virginia, including what life was like there for himself, his family, their slaves, visitors, and descendants, and how Monticello became a museum.
Shannon Lanier traces his family's relationship to Thomas Jefferson and discusses how his African-American ancestors learned they were related to Jefferson.
