Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110206:03:43:00
Class family in chicago and spent most of his adult life as a white man. then his mother divorced michael's step father the man who had raised him and revealed a secret. michael's birth father was african-american. as you can imagine it was a major jolt to his psyche. he eventually wrote about discovering his true identity in the book "incognito an american odyssey of race and self-discovery" and also turned the story into a one man play. i talked with him about the experience. looking at you, i'm from louisiana. i have lots of relatives who look like you. i have lots of relatives. >> yeah. >>...