Ebook: In full color: finding my place in a black and white world

A lot of people have made up their minds about Rachel Dolezal. But none of them know her real story. In June 2015, the media "outed" Rachel Dolezal as a white woman who had knowingly been passing" as Black. When asked if she were African American during an interview about the hate crimes directed at her and her family, she hesitated before ending the interview and walking away. Some interpreted her reluctance to respond and hasty departure as dishonesty, while others assumed she lacked a reasonable explanation for the almost unprecedented way she identified herself. What determines your race? Is it your DNA? The community in which you were raised? The way others see you or the way you see yourself? With In Full Color, Rachel Dolezal describes the path that led her from being a child of white evangelical parents to an NAACP chapter president and respected educator and activist who identifies as Black. Along the way, she recounts the deep emotional bond she formed with her four.;Delivered by Jesus-November 12, 1977 -- Escaping to Africa (in my head)-September 1983 -- Oatmeal-Spring 1985 -- Drowned by religion-1986 -- Hustling to make a dollar-1987 -- Chicken head baseball I-Summer 1990 -- Thirteen I-1991 -- Adopting Ezra-January 1993 -- Separate but equal-January 1994-May 1995 -- Hair I-Summer 1995 -- Million Man March-October 16, 1995 -- Belhaven College-August 1996-May 1997 -- Hair II-Summer 1997 -- Adopting a new Dad I-January 28, 1998 -- Kevin-March 31, 2000 -- Howard-2000-2002 -- Emancipation-October 24, 2004 -- Chicken head baseball II-2006 -- Thirteen II-2007-2008 -- Adopting a new Dad II-November 16, 2008 -- Malicious harassment-February 2009 -- Raising black boys in America-December 6, 2010-February 26, 2012 -- The third strike-May 2013-June 2014 -- Black lives matter-August 2014 -- Lorenzo Hayes-May 2015 -- Ambushed by reporter-June 10, 2015 -- Unemployed-June 11, 2015 -- New York-June 16, 2015 -- Backlash-June 16, 2015 -- Survival mode-November 2, 2015 -- Rebirth-February 16, 2016.