The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother is by James McBride. The classic multi-cultural autobiography of one man's tribute to his amazing mother. James McBride is one of 12 children born to a white mother, who married two different black men in the 1930s. When he finally persuades his elderly mother to tell her story he discovers she was the white daughter of a Jewish rabbi who was born in Poland, came to America, and then fled her family to live in New York where she married a black minister. Upon his death, she married another black man and lived in the Red Hook, New Jersey projects where she raised her 12 mixed race children. This is a Reader's Corner Highly Recommended Read. A fantastic book about a remarkable woman.
Ratings: 10th grade - 10 out of 10 - P (profanity) - AC (mature thematic content).
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