A Family Story of Race and Racial Passing

Feb 9

Location:  Glenview Public Library, 1930 Glenview Road, Glenview

Speaker:   Gail Lukasik

Topic:“A Family Story of Race and Racial Passing ”

Offering insights into issues surrounding the complex history of racial passing in the United States, “Gail Lukasik’s book “White Like Her” tells the story of her mother’s passing, Gail’s struggle with the shame of her mother’s choice, and Gail’s subsequent inner journey of self-discovery and redemption.  In the historical context of the Jim Crow South, she explores her mother’s decision to pass, how she hid her secret even from my father, and the price she paid for choosing whiteness.

Recently ‘White Like Her’ was optioned for a TV Series by FGW Productions.  Read about it here.

“Lukasik, bravely and eloquently, writes with a researcher's eye and a daughter’s heart. In righting her own history, Lukasik graciously affords us the opportunity to right out own.” --Goldie Taylor, editor-at-large of The Daily Beast

"White Like Her offers insight into issues surrounding the complex history of racial passing in the United States . . . This is a book which will elicit much discussion among diverse audiences.” --Ronne Hartfield, author of Another Way Home: The Tangled Roots of Race in One Chicago Family.