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Gregory Williams, Academic With an Uncommon Perspective on Race, Dies at 81

As a child, he discovered that his father — and therefore he and his siblings — had been passing for white. For the rest of his life, he identified as Black.

This article was originally published by NY Times Books and is republished here under license.

As a child, he discovered that his father — and therefore he and his siblings — had been passing for white. For the rest of his life, he identified as Black.

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