Anders EklofThe author, Anders Eklof, was born and raised in Sweden, a very liberal society which had, at the time, a very homogenous population. Racial, religious, or economic class tensions did not exist there. Racial segregation and oppression were seen as moally unacceptable, and there existed in the population a strong sense of sympathy for the contemporary movements in the United States and South Africa to overturn segregation and apartheid. Anders arrived in the United States in 1961. An incident in a cafeteria in Alabama gave him his first personal observation of Southern white disrespect for black people. The incident laid the foundation for his lifelong feeling of solidarity with America's black population. His first marriage was to an African-American woman, with whom he has two children. His second marriage is to an African woman with whom he also has two children. Read More Read Less