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Can I read Crossings : a white man's journey into Black America on EtoBox?
Crossings : a white man's journey into Black America by Walt Harrington, 1950- is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Crossings : a white man's journey into Black America about?
A white man married to a black woman, spurred by a racist joke to feel 'fear and anguish' for children, Washington Post Magazine writer Harrington decided to 'go out and travel America's parallel black world' to explore the nation's racial conundrums. As he traverses the North, South and West, Harrington deftly paints vivid, brief scenes: a black businessman visits prison inmates, a worker in a road crew lights up at meeting Jesse Jackson, students at a small college in southern Illinois discuss
Who reads Crossings : a white man's journey into Black America?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Walt Harrington, 1950-
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780060165581
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Sociology, History, Travel
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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