My First White Friend

Patricia Raybon is an award-winning journalist, author, and essayist. She worked as a journalist for 12 years before joining the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder to teach print journalism for 15 years. In 2006 she turned to writing full-time. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and USA Weekend, among others. She has also won a number of awards, including the Christopher Award and the Books for a Better Life Award for her memoir on racial forgiveness, My First White Friend. She now lives in Colorado with her husband.

• ProloguePart One: Race1 A History with Demons2 The Problem Is Me?3 Down By the Cross4 All Shook Up5 A Letter to My First White FriendPart Two: Forgiveness6 Seeking7 Finding8 KnowingPart Three: Love (Four Stories and an Ending)9 Real Life10 Regarding Mother11 School Daze12 The Affirmation13 Setting to RightEpilogueAcknowledgments