Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away
June Cross was born in 1954 to Norma Booth, a glamorous, aspiring white actress, and James “Stump†Cross, a well-known black comedian. Sent by her mother to be raised by black friends when she was four years old and could no longer pass as white, June was plunged into the pain and confusion of a family divided by race. Secret Daughter tells her story of surviva More »