A Matter of Complexion by Tess Chakkalakal

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/76790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Matter of Complexion Author: Tess Chakkalakal Narrator: Diana Blue Format: mp3 Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins Release date: 02-04-25 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating Genres: Americas Publisher's Summary: Tess Chakkalakal gives listeners the first comprehensive biography of Charles W. Chesnutt. A complex and talented man, Chesnutt was born in 1858 in Cleveland to parents who were considered "mixed race." Though light-skinned, Chesnutt remained a member of the black community throughout his life. He studied among students at the State Colored Normal School who were formerly enslaved. He became a teacher in rural North Carolina during Reconstruction. His life in the South of those years, the issue of race, and how he himself identified as Black informed much of his later writing.