The groundbreaking Harlem Renaissance novel about prejudice within
the black community Emma Lou Morgan's skin is black - 'too black',
as the narrator writes at the beginning of The Blacker the Berry.
Tired of the scorn and contempt of her classmates, teachers,
friends and even family, she leaves her hometown of Boise, Idaho,
travelling first to Los Angeles and then to Harlem, New York, in
search of a community to which she can belong. In Harlem, Emma Lou
finds an exciting, vibrant scene of nightclubs and dance halls and
parties and love affairs ... but there is no escaping the shame she
feels about the darkness of her skin. Written by an overlooked
author of the Harlem Renaissance The Blacker the Berry is a vivid
and disturbing portrait of a young woman who has been rejected by
her own race. It is a strikingly relevant reflection on the role
that skin colour plays in American society.
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