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The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family
By Buckley, Gail Lumet
- ISBN
- 9780802124548 9780802190697
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly
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Starred Review on November 15, 2015 | Social Sciences
Buckley (The Hornes: An American Family), the daughter of actress and civil rights activist Lena Horne, writes here about her family history. Starting with Moses Calhoun, a freed slave in Georgia, the author traces Moses's descendents through two branches, one that stayed in Atlanta and the other that migrated to New York. The Calhouns were a largely successful "Talented Tenth" family that valued education. Buck...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
