Kingsblood Royal
by Sinclair Lewis
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC 1947
ISBN/ASIN: 0375756868
Number of pages: 356
Description:
This novel is about a man of prominance in a Northern Minnesota city who suddenly finds out he is descended from a Negro. He goes through a transformation of perspective on racial issues. In time, he declares himself publicly to be a "Negro". The effects of this declaration demonstrate the prejudices and ignorances of the US in the immediate post-WWII years.
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