The Grace of Silence

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The Grace of Silence is a memoir by journalist Michele Norris that explores race, family history, and the unspoken legacies of the civil rights era in America.

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instanceOf book
memoir
about Michele Norris's family
unspoken legacies of the civil rights era
author Michele Norris NERFINISHED
authorAffiliation National Public Radio NERFINISHED
authorOccupation journalist
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresTheme American social history
family secrets
personal discovery
racial discrimination
silence as a coping mechanism
genre memoir
nonfiction
hasCoverArtist Pantheon design department NERFINISHED
hasFormat audiobook
e-book
hardcover
paperback
hasISBN 9780307373096
hasNarrativePerspective first-person
hasSubject African American families
Jim Crow era legacies
media and race
intendedAudience general adult readers
isWrittenBy Michele Norris NERFINISHED
language English
literaryForm autobiographical narrative
mainSubject African American history
civil rights movement
family history
identity
intergenerational trauma
memory
race in the United States
segregation in the United States
silence about race
mediaType print
notableFor discussion of hidden family stories from the civil rights era
exploration of race and silence in American families
publicationYear 2010
publisher Pantheon Books NERFINISHED
setting United States of America
surface form: United States
timePeriodCovered 20th century United States
21st century United States
civil rights era

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Michele Norris notableWork The Grace of Silence