![]() ![]() On one side are her exacting parents and her imperious, light-skinned grandmother Nana Claire, to whom skin color is paramount. Growing up, she struggles with this duality, a battle for belonging that shapes her identity. The daughter of an accomplished doctor and a strict schoolteacher, Ailey is raised in the City but spends summers in the small Georgia town of Chicasetta, where her mother’s family has lived since their ancestors arrived from Africa in bondage. Bearing the names of two formidable Black Americans-the revered choreographer Alvin Ailey and her great grandmother, the descendant of slaves and tenant farmers-Ailey carries the weight of this Problem on her shoulders. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood these words all too well. “My life had its significance and its only deep significance because it was part of a Problem,” W. If you register using our website (with or without purchasing the book) and not Crowdcast, you will register a Crowdcast watch link at least 24 hours before the start of the event. ![]() How: Register on this page or head over to register on Crowdcast directly using this link. ![]() Come celebrate the paperback release of The Long Songs of W.E.B DuBois with author, Honoree Fanonne Jeffers & Jacqueline Allen Tremble. ![]()
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