American tapestry : the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of Michelle Obama / Rachel L. Swarns.
Swarns, Rachel L.
2012
E909.O24 S93 2012 (Mapit)
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Title American tapestry : the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of Michelle Obama / Rachel L. Swarns.
Author Swarns, Rachel L.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780061999864
0061999865
Imprint New York : Amistad, c2012.
Language English
Description 391 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), geneal. tables ; 24 cm.
Call Number E909.O24 S93 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.932/092
Summary A remarkable history of First Lady Michelle Obama's mixed ancestry as well as a portrait of America itself in an epic and inspiring family saga.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The mystery of Michelle Obama's roots
Migration: Phoebe, the wanderer ; St. Louis ; Siren song of the North ; A family grows in Chicago ; Exploding dreams ; A child of the Jazz Age ; A man of promise ; Stumbling backward ; Love in hard times ; Struggling and striving ; The search for the truth : Cleveland
The demise of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow: A man on the rise ; Left behind ; Neither Black nor white ; The reckoning ; Birmingham, the magic city ; Two brothers, two destinies ; The one-armed patriarch ; Twilight ; The search for the truth : Atlanta
Slavery and emancipation: A slave girl named Melvinia ; Journey to Georgia ; South Carolina gold ; A child is born ; Born free ; Exodus ; The Civil War ; Uneasy freedom
Epilogue: Melvinia's secret.

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