How I Shed My Skin

• Type of Material: Presentation
• Authors: John Howard, King's College London; Jim Grimsley, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2015-02-17
• Publisher: Emory University Libraries
• Copyright Statement: 2015 Emory, All rights reserved
• Final Published Version (URL): https://southernspaces.org/2015/how-i-shed-my-skin/
• Keywords: childhood; memoir; whiteness studies; North Carolina; segregation; integration; race relations; Civil rights
• Research Categories: Literature, Modern; History, Black; Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Abstract

This publication pairs a video presentation featuring Jim Grimsley speaking about How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Lessons of a Racist Childhood (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books) with John Howard's review of the book. In a series of video clips, Jim Grimsley talks about writing his memoir, reads an excerpt, and answers questions during a February 17, 2015, event hosted at Emory University. John Howard responds to Grimsley's memoir of growing up in eastern North Carolina.