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Life On The Color Line
This is an elegantly written memoir about the life of Greg Williams and his younger brother Mike.The boys live in Virginia with their parents who ran a rowdy bar for military people associated with the bases in Norfolk. Their father was a temperamental, brilliant, exceedingly charming, devious alcoholic. When his fa ....
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.... the significance of the book is the author's ability to contrast his life with his brother's. Another significant factor is his ability to translate from both sides of the color line his unusual and amazing life experiences. The author, who looked white himself, recounts many experiences in Muncie of being forcefully coached to "stay in his place" as a black person. The result is that the reader thinks "Am I glad I don't live in Muncie!" and then immediately realizes that many towns may be like Muncie, but not every town has the eloquent storyteller who has seen both sides ....
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