The Invisible Line: A Secret History of Race in America

Acclaimed journalist Daniel J. Sharfstein cuts through centuries of myth to deliver this groundbreaking work. Defining their identities first as people of color and later as whites, three American families provide a lens for understanding how people thought about and experienced race and how these ideas and experiences evolved-how the definitions of black and white changed over time. 'One of those rare books that make history come alive.'-Lawrence Friedman