High Yella: A Modern Family Memoir
(Part of the Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction Series)
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They called him "pale faced or mixed race." They called him "light, bright, almost white." But most of the time his family called him "high yella." Steve Majors was the white passing, youngest son growing up in an all-Black family that struggled with poverty, abuse, and generational trauma. High Yella is the poignant account of how he tried to leave his troubled childhood and family behind to create a new identity, only to discover he ultimately needed...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0820360317
ISBN13:9780820360317
Release Date:October 2021
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:1.18 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 8.0" x 8.8"
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