Note to Reader: Some of the names and identifying characteristics of persons written about in this book have been changed to protect their identities. Also, the time line for some of the events described in the book has been altered in order to present a more unified story. All other descriptions of persons, places, and events are from the author’s recollections and in some instances may have also been confirmed by historical research undertaken by the author.
Copyright © 2006 Brian Copeland
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Copeland, Brian.
Not a genuine black man, or, How I claimed my piece of ground in the lily-white suburbs / Brian Copeland.—lst ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-4013-0233-5
1. Copeland, Brian. 2. Comedians—United States—Biography. 3. African American comedians—Biography. I. Title: Note a genuine black man. II. Title: How I claimed my piece of ground in the lily-white suburbs. III. Title.
PN2287.C616A3 2006
792.702’8092—dc22
[B]
2006041241
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