Cover of Soul Sister: The Story of a White Woman Who Turned Herself Black and Went to Live and Work in Harlem and Mississippi

Soul Sister: The Story of a White Woman Who Turned Herself Black and Went to Live and Work in Harlem and Mississippi

The journal of a white woman who turned herself black and went to live and work in Harlem and Mississippi.

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