Study Guide: Separate Pasts by Melton A. McLaurin (Unabridged‪)‬

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Focusing on the racism he witnessed on personal and institutional levels as a White person, Separate Pasts is a memoir that recounts the author's experiences growing up in the small town of Wade, North Carolina, during the 1950s.

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