Negroland: A Memoir

Pulitzer Prize–winning cultural critic Margo Jefferson was born in 1947 into upper-crust black Chicago. Negroland is a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, and American culture through the prism of the author's rarefied upbringing and education.

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Published Aug 23, 2016

272 pages

Average rating: 6.25

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Classic African American Literature

We read cultural classics and contemporary literature with a focus on books that tell the story of the African, African American, and Indigenous (Native) experience. Nothing is off-limits.

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ClinicallyBookish
Mar 01, 2026
6/10 stars
“Showing off was permitted, even encouraged, only if the result reflected well on your family, their friends, and your collective ancestors.” This is well-written and chock-full of interesting historical tidbits. Sprinkled in between, the author tells parts of her story. I would have liked more story and less history lesson.

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