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Jan 18, 2010 · McBride died in 1957, leaving his wife with seven children and one, James, on the way. A year later Mrs. McBride met Hunter Jordan, a furnace stoker for the New York City Housing Authority. They...
Ruth McBride Jordan died at her home in Ewing, New Jersey on Sunday, January 9, 2010. She was 88 years old and had been in failing health. Her son, James McBride paid tribue to her in his 1996 best-selling book, The Color of Water, a Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother.
Jan 13, 2010 · When her husband died in 1957, Ruth was a widow with seven kids and pregnant with James. She then met and married Hunter Jordan, and they moved to Queens. They had four children of their own. He...
Jan 22, 2010 · Ruth McBride Jordan, who has died at the age of 88, was very much somebody but she would have remained unsung to all but her family and close friends were it not for her son’s book, which...
Jan 11, 2010 · EWING, N.J. - Ruth McBride Jordan, whose life story was celebrated by her son in a best-selling book, “The Color of Water,” has died. She was 88 and had been in failing health.
Jan 11, 2010 · Ruth McBride Jordan, 88, whose unusual life was chronicled by her son James McBride in the bestselling book "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother," died Saturday at her home in Ewing, N.J., the Philadelphia Daily News reports in Monday's editions.
Jan 12, 2010 · Ruth McBride Jordan, 88, whose life story was celebrated by her son in a best-selling book, The Color of Water, has died. She had been in failing health.
