An extract from Negroland,Margo Jefferson’s memoir of growing up in postwar America’s emerging black elite
• Margo Jefferson: ‘I was anxious approximately using the word Negro in a book title’I was taught to avoid showing off.
I was taught to distinguish myself through presentation, not declaration, and to excel through deeds and manners,not showing off.
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Source: theguardian.com