Some of My Best Friends Are Black

SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE BLACK

SOME OF MY BEST
     FRIENDS ARE BLACK

The Strange Story of
Integration in America

TANNER COLBY

[VIKING]

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First published in 2012 by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

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Copyright © Tanner Colby, 2012
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Colby, Tanner.
  Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America / Tanner Colby.
      p. cm.
  ISBN: 978-1-101-58369-2
  1. United States—Race relations. 2. Racism—United States. 3. Whites—Race identity—United States. 4. Whites—United States—Social conditions. 5. African Americans—Race identity. 6. African Americans—Social conditions—1975- 7. Colby, Tanner—Travel—United States. 8. United States—Description and travel. I. Title.
  E184.A1C537 2012
  305.896’073—dc23         2011043901

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Designed by Carla Bolte

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