TY - BOOK AU - Alford,Natasha S. TI - American Negra: a memoir SN - 9780063237100 PY - 2024///] CY - New York, NY PB - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Alford, Natasha S. KW - African American women KW - Biography KW - Puerto Rican women KW - Journalists KW - United States KW - Black people KW - Race identity KW - Race relations KW - Autobiographies KW - lcgft N1 - P'al Norte -- Mother Tongue -- Pelo Bueno -- QuinceaƱera -- Gifted -- Golden Ticket -- Black & Crimson -- Hispaniola -- Black Majesty -- Sell Out -- Miss Education -- Second City -- Prodigal Daughter -- Becoming a Grio -- Beyond Invincible -- Diasporica N2 - "An award-winning journalist, TV political analyst, and creator of TheGrio documentary, Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico, recounts her experiences as an African American and Puerto Rican woman, reflecting on her improbable journey from Syracuse to Harvard, hedge fund boardrooms to newsrooms, and beyond in pursuit of America's infinite opportunities. Part inspiring memoir, part cultural analysis, with remarkable self-determination, Natasha S. Alford shows why the movement to recognize Afro-Latin identity illuminates shared struggles across the Black diaspora and often overlooked history"-- ER -