Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black
by Gregory Howard Williams
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Book Summary Information
Author: Gregory Howard WilliamsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-02-01
ISBN: 0452275334
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Plume
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Summary: 5 Stars
Life on the Color Line by Gregory Howard Williams was the most fantastic book I have ever read. It is very well written, with many great adjectives. The Author makes it seem as though the reader is actually the character in the story (who was Gregory Howard Williams). The book was a great insight into the racial happenings in the nineteen hundreds. I thought it was very sad because the two kids (Gregory, and his brother, Michael) were not welcome in either the black community or the white community. I also found it very uplifting that Gregory could bring himself out of the slums, and make his life by studying and believing in himself. The contrast of him was his brother, Mike. Mike would get into lots of trouble, and his father wouldn't care because he didn't believe in Mike, but he would believe in Gregory. The father would take Mike to the Whorehouses and bars, while Gregory would study. It ended up that Mike would go blind from a gunshot. I would recommend this book to virtually anyone that is allowed to
read it. (The book has sex and lots of swear words). The book did not deserve a ten, it deserved a 100!
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