Across the Color Line - Reporting 25 Years in Black Cincinnati

Across the Color Line: Reporting 25 Years in Black Cincinnatipresentsnewspaper reporter Mark Curnutte's stories published inThe Cincinnati Enquirerover a twenty-five-year period beginning in1993.With hard-won insights gained from years of community reporting, Curnutte describes experiences ofAfrican-Americans living in Cincinnatithrough individual and neighborhood profiles, explorations ofcommunity institutions, historical perspectives, and issue stories.The anthology tells a sweeping narrative of a city suffering and maturing through turn-of-the-century racial growing pains and increased racial sophistication and diversity. These stories are complimented by excerpts from Curnutte's personal journal, providing hisreflection on his roleas a white man and reporter making the intentional decision to work and live across the color line.