Genealogy & Racial Passing; Author Mary Doria RussellPosted in Audio, Biography, Louisiana, Media Archive, Passing, United States on 2019-11-12 20:47Z by Steven |
Genealogy & Racial Passing; Author Mary Doria Russell
The Sound of Ideas
ideastream
Cleveland, Ohio
2019-11-11
Rachel Rood, Producer
Credit: MeganBrady/shutterstock
Parma native and award winning author, Gail Lukasik discovered in 1995 that her mother had kept a deep family secret from her. Her mother was half-black, but was passing as a white woman, and begged Gail not to reveal her true identity. Lukasik will be speaking about her family’s story, which she turned into a book in 2017, this week in Lakewood, and we’ll discuss the complicated waters of genealogy and race, on The Sound of Ideas. Later, Lyndhurst author, Mary Doria Russell, talks about her new historical novel: The Women of the Copper Country.
Listen to the episode (00:49:56) here.