From White to Black: The Story of a Black Family that Started off White - Softcover

Lewis Ph.D., Tracy M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1499709900 ISBN 13: 9781499709902

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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Where did I come from? Who were my grandparents and my great-grandparents? Where did they come from? My inner city friends in Los Angeles had been instructing me for years to “get back to my roots.” I was finally going to take their advice. In “From White to Black,” author, Tracy Lewis tells the story of her family, who had been White for over 100 years until they, along with thousands of other mixed-race and white families were reclassified as Negro. In 1924, Walter Plecker directed offices under his authority to change vital statistic records and reclassify thousands of mulattoes (persons with mixed-race ancestry) as Negro without their consent and without notifying them. Plecker was convinced that mulatto offspring were slowly contaminating the White race and referred to mulattos as rats that needed to be stopped. Soon after, in 1930, the U.S. Census Bureau dropped the longstanding racial classification of mulatto from the list of racial classifications. Plecker’s work on racial purity was praised by Adolf Hitler, who congratulated Plecker for being the first person to “get it right”. The belief that “one drop of Black blood made one Black and only Black” was a lie created by Aryan White Supremacists...And sadly, their teaching still resonates in the minds of people, most of whom have never even heard of the one-drop rule. In “From White to Black” Lewis examines the reasoning behind the one-drop rule and the idea of racial-purity as she shines a revealing light on racial classification, skin color prejudice, and racism in the 21st century. I was getting ready to go out the door to work when the phone rang. I didn’t want to answer it, but something told me to pick up the phone. When I did, the voice on the other end said, ‘Hello, Louise, this is Alex Haley.’ I was shocked! —Louise “Bunch” King

Biografía del autor:

Dr. Tracy Lewis was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia and raised in Los Angeles, California. She has been active in the ministry and in the field of education for many years, serving in several different leadership positions, including Principal, Professor, Administrator, Social Worker, Youth Pastor, and Counselor. She has also served in the United States Air Force. She currently teachers High School English and Social Studies and is a part-time professor at Tulsa Community College. Dr. Lewis has a Ph.D. in Adult Education and Psychology, a Master of Divinity Degree, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical History and Theology. She has dedicated her life to the study of the Judeo-Christian Scriptures in their original languages (Greek and Hebrew). Dr. Lewis is a frequent speaker for Christian women’s groups, youth groups, and schools. She teaches year-round workshops on Professional Etiquette and Manners and on Anti-Bullying. She is also the author of The Truth about Angels: Hollywood versus the Bible, From White to Black: the Story of a Black Family that Started off White; and Before the King: the Story of Two Mothers.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1499709900
• ISBN 13: 9781499709902
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264
• Herausgeber: Fuller Geoff