In this moving, heart-tugging memoir, Richard, a 23-year-old white man, tells the story of his first true love, Ellen, a 21-year-old black woman. They met in 1967 at Baha'i Convention in Chicago. At that time interracial marriage was a rare occurrence and their struggle to build a relationship is heightened by the opposition from his parents. And they struggle, in turn, with their unaware racism and love for their son. As one friend of Richard's put...
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