Frank personal account of growing up black during the era of the civil rights movement. The author wrestles with racism, the death of Martin Luther King, black radicalism, his interracial family, and his experience as one of the first black Unitarian Universalist ministers.
In Between: Memoir of an Integration Baby gives voice to the unspoken story of those Afro Americans who were among the first to bring racial diversity to their neighborhood, school, church or workplace, to the increasing number of partners in interracial relationships and to those blessed with and yet struggling to raise multiracial children in a polarized world.
Mark Morrison Reed discusses the creation of In Betweenin the video below.
This video of a young Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed and his family, circa 1954-1961, depicts life on Chicago's South Side in the early days of integration. The movies were shot by Mark's father, George W. Reed, Jr., and compiled and preserved by the South Side Home Movie Project at Northwestern University.
Below is an excellent video of Mark Morrison-Reed discussing his book In Between .
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