![]() ![]() blacks: The individual was a collective symbol." "If you go back and read editorials in black magazines - even in white magazines - watch television, this attitude is everywhere: 'Jackie Robinson, he's advancing the race!' 'Marion Anderson, she's advancing the race!' This was the way America. "It was very important that you show yourself a bright, lively, well-spoken person," Jefferson tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. But life was also undercut by the fear that her errors and failures would reflect poorly on her family and, subsequently, her race. That afforded her many opportunities, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cultural critic says. The daughter of a prominent doctor and his socialite wife, Jefferson inhabited a world of ambition, education and sophistication - a place she calls "Negroland." Growing up in the 1950s, Margo Jefferson was part of Chicago's black upper class. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Negroland Author Margo Jefferson ![]()
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