{"product_id":"9781524614454","title":"When We Were Black","description":"The book is called When We Were Black. I came up with the book, or the book came up to me several years ago. It was during one Christmas holiday spent time with children and grandchildren, while I was relating to my family’s diverse tree, when one of my daughters informed me that her children did not consider themselves a color, speaking of black. Initially, I was insulted because black was never a color but was a very serious movement during the 1960s and 1970s.   Well, I had to consider whether I had impressed this point to my own children and spoke to others who were having similar conversations with the younger generation. I felt serious enough about it to write a book diagramming my road to being black because back then you were a “Negro” or “Colored” on your birth certificate. Being that this was on your birth certificate, the parents continued calling themselves that. It was a big thing, radical, to tell your parents that you were black because, for many, it was revolutionary. A revolution is nothing but change, and we were attempting to change the world.   I would guess that I am embarking on changing the world now because many do not see the significance between African American and black. There is a significant difference, which the book explains.","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137448820976,"sku":"9781524614454","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781524614454_p0.jpg?v=1763729676","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781524614454","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}