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X-WR-CALNAME:Martha Jones: "The Trouble of Color"
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DESCRIPTION:An “intimate and searching” (Natasha Trethewey\, New York T
 imes–bestselling author of Memorial Drive) memoir of family\, color\, an
 d being Black\, white\, and other in America\, from “one of our country
 ’s greatest historians” (Clint Smith\, #1 New York Times–bestselling
  author of How the Word is Passed)\n\n \n\nMartha S. Jones grew up feeling
  her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But weeks into college
 \, a Black Studies classmate challenged Jones’s right to speak. Suspicio
 us of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair\, he confronted he
 r with a question that inspired a lifetime of introspection: “Who do you
  think you are?”\n\n \n\nNow a prizewinning scholar of Black history\, J
 ones delves into her family’s past for answers. In every generation sinc
 e her great-great-great-grandmother survived enslavement to raise a free f
 amily\, color determined her ancestors’ lives. But the color line was sh
 ifting and jagged\, not fixed and straight. Some backed away from it\, oth
 ers skipped along it\, and others still were cut deep by its sharp teeth. 
 \n\n \n\nJourneying across centuries\, from rural Kentucky and small-town 
 North Carolina to New York City and its suburbs\, The Trouble of Color is 
 a lyrical\, deeply felt meditation on the most fundamental matters of iden
 tity\, belonging\, and family.\n\n \n\nMartha Jones will be joined in conv
 ersation by Juana Summers\, co-host of NPR's All Things Considered. \n\n \
 n\nAbout the Author:\n\nMartha Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presid
 ential Professor\, professor of history\, and a professor at the SNF Agora
  Institute at the Johns Hopkins University. A prizewinning author and edit
 or of four books\, most recently Vanguard\, she is past copresident of the
  Berkshire Conference of Women Historians and has contributed to the New Y
 ork Times\, Atlantic\, and many other publications. She lives in Baltimore
 \, Maryland.\n\n \n\nAbout the Moderator: \n\nJuana Summers is a co-host o
 f NPR's All Things Considered\, alongside Ailsa Chang\, Ari Shapiro and Ma
 ry Louise Kelly. She joined All Things Considered in June 2022.  Summers p
 reviously spent more than a decade covering national politics\, most recen
 tly as NPR's political correspondent covering race\, justice and politics.
  She covered the 2012\, 2016 and 2020 presidential elections\, and has als
 o previously covered Congress for NPR. Her work has appeared in a variety 
 of publications across multiple platforms\, including Politico\, CNN\, Mas
 hable and The Associated Press. In 2016\, Summers was a fellow at the Geor
 getown University Institute of Politics and Public Service.\n\n \n\nAbout 
 the Program:\n\nTo attend in person please register here.Doors will open t
 o registered attendees at 6 pm. A local bookseller will be on-site and hav
 e books available for purchase.Free parking vouchers are available to prog
 ram attendees who park at the Franklin Street Garage (15 W. Franklin Stree
 t) after 4pm.  Ask Pratt event staff for your parking voucher prior to or 
 after the program. This free event will be presented in-person and virtual
 ly.
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LOCATION:Central Library\, Wheeler Auditorium
SUMMARY:Martha Jones: "The Trouble of Color"
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 ble-of-color
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