My Confederate Kinfolk(English, Paperback, Davis Thulani)

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My Confederate Kinfolk(English, Paperback, Davis Thulani) is written by Davis Thulani and published by Basic Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0465015743 (ISBN 10) and 9780465015740 (ISBN 13).

Starting from a photograph and writings left by her grandmother, acclaimed African-American novelist Thulani Davis goes looking for the white folk" in her family, a Scots-Irish family of cotton planters unknown to her-and uncovers a history far richer and stranger than she had ever imagined. Her journey challenges us to examine the origins of some of our most deeply ingrained notions about what makes a family black or white, and offers an immensely compelling, intellectually challenging alternative.