Anatole Broyard (July 16, 1920-October 11, 1990) was an American literary critic for "The New York Times". In addition to his reviews and columns, he published several books during his lifetime, and his most autobiographical works, "Intoxicated by My Illness" and "Kafka Was the Rage, A Greenwich Village Memoir," were published after his death. Interestingly, since his death Broyard's ethnicity has become a subject of discussion. Wikipedia
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Mr. Broyard's story is nothing new under the sun as the expression goes. There are many of us who could pass and chose to and there are many who made the decision to live as black people. I don't condemn or judge Mr. Broyard, but the price that a human www.gerardbutler-afterdark.com/2007/10/strange-case-of-an...
and not just a "Negro writer" consigned to the back of the literary bus. He followed the trail blazed by tens of thousands of light-skinned black Americans. He methodically cut ties with his family (including a mother and two sisters) and took up life www.racematters.org/anotolebroyard.htm
Anatole Paul Broyard was born on July 16, 1920, in New Orleans to Paul Broyard and Edna Miller . Documents in the Louisiana state archives show that all of Anatole Broyard 's ancestors on both Father and mother's side of the family to have been negroes ( www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/mulattodebate/vpost?id=1...
Anatole Broyard was a New Orleans born Creole man born in the 20s, and at a point in his life decided to live as a white man, negating his black roots. He married a white woman and his two children had not known he was part black until he was dying on hi www.weneedtostop.com/2008/01/anatole-broyard-passing-for-...
