McBride, James,  1957- <br/><br/>
The color of water :  a Black man's tribute to his white mother / 
James McBride. 
 - New York :  Riverhead Books,  1997, c1996. 
 - xvii, 291, [7] p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> First published: 1996. 
<br/><br/> Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve children. James McBridge, journalist, musician and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful memoir. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1573220221 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>95037243 CIP 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921- <br/>McBride, James, 1957- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Racially mixed people. Mothers--New York.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Memoir. Biography. Autobiography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F130.N4  / M38 1997 F130.N4  / M38 1997