Negroland: A Memoir
Negroland: A Memoir is a 2015 book by Margo Jefferson.[1][2][3][4][5] It is a memoir of growing up in 1950s and 1960s America within a small, privileged segment of black American society known as the black bourgeoisie, or African-American upper class.
| Author | Margo Jefferson |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Published | 2015 |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books[1] |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 248[1] |
Awards and honors
- 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award (Autobiography), winner.[6]
- June 2016, chosen as a Book of the Week by BBC Radio 4.
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See also
- E. Franklin Frazier's sociological Black Bourgeoisie (first edition in English in 1957 translated from the 1955 French original)
- Lawrence Otis Graham's Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class (2000)
References
- Smith, Tracy K. (September 15, 2015). "Margo Jefferson's 'Negroland: A Memoir'". The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- Garner, Dwight (September 10, 2015). "Review: 'Negroland,' by Margo Jefferson, on Growing Up Black and Privileged". The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- "Privilege And Pressure: A Memoir Of Growing Up Black And Elite In 'Negroland'". NPR. September 8, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- Carducci, Vince (October 19, 2015). "Coming of Age in Negroland". PopMatters. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- Carroll, Rebecca (September 9, 2015). "Margo Jefferson reveals life inside the black elite in 'Negroland'". Los Angeles Times.
- Alter, Alexandra (March 17, 2016). "'The Sellout' Wins National Book Critics Circle's Fiction Award". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
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