The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights With One African American Family - Couverture souple

Buckley, Gail Lumet

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ISBN 10 : 0802126278 ISBN 13 : 9780802126276

Editeur : Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017

Synopsis

"A history cum memoir by Lena Horne's daughter tells the story of her forebears . . . eloquently conveys . . . how politics and prejudice can shape a family." -The New Yorker

In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley--daughter of actress Lena Horne--delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African American family from Civil War to Civil Rights.

Beginning with her great-great grandfather Moses Calhoun, a house slave who used the rare advantage of his education to become a successful businessman in post-war Atlanta, Buckley follows her family's two branches: one that stayed in the South, and the other that settled in Brooklyn. Through the lens of her relatives' momentous lives, Buckley examines major events throughout American history. From Atlanta during Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow, to New York City during the Harlem Renaissance, and then from World War II to the Civil Rights Movement, this ambitious, brilliant family witnessed and participated in the most crucial events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Combining personal and national history, The Black Calhouns is a unique and vibrant portrait of six generations during dynamic times of struggle and triumph.

"The challenge of reviewing extraordinary books is that they leave one grasping for words . . . The book's ultimate magic derives from the way the history of black America can be viewed through their story." --The Boston Globe

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gail Lumet Buckley is the author of two previous books: The Hornes: An American Family, which became a PBS American Masters documentary, and the national bestseller American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802126278
• ISBN 13: 9780802126276
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
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