Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families
Illustrator
Gigi Kaeser, Peggy Gillespie
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Publication Year
1997
ISBN
9781558491007
Pages
143 pages
Genre
nonfiction
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
Based on an award-winning photo exhibit, this collection of interviews and photographs documents the feelings and experiences of "thirty-nine families who have bridged the racial divide through interracial marriage or adoption."
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Adoption; Single parent; Kinship care; Multiracial; Interracial; adopted children; single mother; grandparents raising grandchildren; multiracial families; interracial marriage
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
African American / Hispanic / White
Family Formation
multiple families
LGBTQ+
male/male; female/female
Keywords
portraits; interviews; racially mixed families
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Kaeser, Gigi and Gillespie, Peggy, "Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families" (1997). Diverse Families. 989.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/989