Who Is Black?

This volume is the Tenth Anniversary Edition of a book that was honored in 1992 as an "Outstanding Book" by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States. Reprinted many times since its first publication in 1991, Who Is Black? has become a staple in college classrooms...

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Main Author: Davis, F. James
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Published: Penn State University Press 2026
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0-271-02172-1
F. James Davis
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One-drop rule
Epilogue anniversary
Edition multiracial identity
Movement census
Classification racial ethnic groups
Hypodescent
Psychologically socially
Economically politically
African-American history
Us
United states
Usa
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Movement census
Classification racial ethnic groups
Hypodescent
Psychologically socially
Economically politically
African-American history
Us
United states
Usa
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