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Member of the Club

by Lawrence Otis Graham · 1995

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A collection of essays follows the author's ongoing search for racial and ethnic understanding and features such titles as Invisible Man, Blacks and Jews in the Suburbs, and I Never Dated a White Girl.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
raceraceMore like thisLess of thisAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
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USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 300 pages

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