A Matter of Complexion OG25 Straddling the worlds of fashion

Straddling the worlds of fashion and hip-hop

high sensitivity can lead them to cease to engage with the outside world

It's not an easy journey­–they must survive deadly battles

Culture wars and campus protests

this remarkable book explores the open-water swims guaranteed to exhilarate

A Matter of Complexion OG25 Straddling the worlds of fashionA biography of Charles Chesnutt, one of the first American authors to write for both Black and white readers. In A Matter of Complexion, Tess Chakkalakal gives readers the first comprehensive biography of Charles W. Chesnutt. A complex and talented man, Chesnutt was born in 1858 in Cleveland to parents who were considered mixed race. He spent his early life in North Carolina after the Civil War. Though light skinned, Chesnutt remained a member of the