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The Resource The color of love : a mother's choice in the Jim Crow South, Gene Cheek, (eaudio)
The color of love : a mother's choice in the Jim Crow South, Gene Cheek, (eaudio)
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The item The color of love : a mother's choice in the Jim Crow South, Gene Cheek, (eaudio) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item The color of love : a mother's choice in the Jim Crow South, Gene Cheek, (eaudio) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
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- Summary
- Nine years after Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, and only a year before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a judge in the Forsyth County Courthouse of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, wrenched twelve-year-old Gene Cheek from the security of his mother's devotion. Here is a true story of love in a time afflicted by hatred, ignorance, and racism. At its core, this is a frank account of a love affair between a white woman and a black man that took mother from son and split a family forever. In the early 1960s, the city of Winston-Salem struggled under the strict edicts of segregation, setting the tone of division that would plague Gene Cheek's life. Raised by his alcoholic father and his earnestly loving mother, Gene learned about the power of hatred and the strength of love. Yet when his mother falls in love with Cornelius Tucker, an African-American man, and becomes pregnant with his child, their union is seen as morally and lawfully unfit, forcing the family to choose between the infant and Gene. From a distance of more than forty years, Gene Cheek recounts a life of constant struggle with his biological father. Briefly that tension dissolved with the warm guidance of Cornelius Tucker--but that would soon end. The Color of Love is Gene Cheek's story told in his singularly honest voice. Its sincerity and truth resonate with a plea for tolerance, and the irrevocable nature of the decisions and emotions of modern life
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 32 min.))
- Isbn
- 9781596591110
- Label
- The color of love : a mother's choice in the Jim Crow South
- Title
- The color of love
- Title remainder
- a mother's choice in the Jim Crow South
- Statement of responsibility
- Gene Cheek
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Nine years after Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, and only a year before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a judge in the Forsyth County Courthouse of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, wrenched twelve-year-old Gene Cheek from the security of his mother's devotion. Here is a true story of love in a time afflicted by hatred, ignorance, and racism. At its core, this is a frank account of a love affair between a white woman and a black man that took mother from son and split a family forever. In the early 1960s, the city of Winston-Salem struggled under the strict edicts of segregation, setting the tone of division that would plague Gene Cheek's life. Raised by his alcoholic father and his earnestly loving mother, Gene learned about the power of hatred and the strength of love. Yet when his mother falls in love with Cornelius Tucker, an African-American man, and becomes pregnant with his child, their union is seen as morally and lawfully unfit, forcing the family to choose between the infant and Gene. From a distance of more than forty years, Gene Cheek recounts a life of constant struggle with his biological father. Briefly that tension dissolved with the warm guidance of Cornelius Tucker--but that would soon end. The Color of Love is Gene Cheek's story told in his singularly honest voice. Its sincerity and truth resonate with a plea for tolerance, and the irrevocable nature of the decisions and emotions of modern life
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- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
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- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cheek, Gene
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- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- other
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- hoopla digital
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Adult children of divorced parents
- Adult children of alcoholics
- Miscegenation
- Custody of children
- Mothers and sons
- North Carolina
- Target audience
- adult
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The color of love : a mother's choice in the Jim Crow South, Gene Cheek, (eaudio)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Dimensions
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- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 32 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
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- Isbn
- 9781596591110
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- (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
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- not applicable
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- unknown
- Other physical details
- digital.
- Publisher number
- MWT11373046
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- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- Stock number
- 11373046
- System control number
- MWT11373046
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- The color of love : a mother's choice in the Jim Crow South, Gene Cheek, (eaudio)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 32 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
-
- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781596591110
- Isbn Type
- (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- digital.
- Publisher number
- MWT11373046
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- Stock number
- 11373046
- System control number
- MWT11373046
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Adult children of alcoholics -- North Carolina -- Biography
- Adult children of divorced parents -- North Carolina -- Biography
- Audiobooks
- Custody of children -- North Carolina
- Downloadable audio books
- Miscegenation -- North Carolina
- Mothers and sons -- North Carolina
- North Carolina -- Race relations
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