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In The African american Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley - little girl of actress Lena Horne - delves deep into her genealogy, detailing the encounters of an extraordinary African American family from Civil War to civil protection under the law. You start with her great-great-grandfather, Moses Calhoun, a house slave who used the unusual benefit of his education to become a successful entrepreneur in postwar Atlanta, Buckley follows her family's two branches: the one that stayed in the South and the other that settled in Brooklyn. Throughout the lens of her family members' momentous lives, Buckley examines major situations throughout American history. From Atlanta during Reconstruction and the go up of Jim Crow to New York City during the Harlem Renaissance, and then from World War II to the Civil Privileges Motion, this ambitious, amazing family witnessed and participated in the most important situations of the 19th and 20th generations. Combining personal and nationwide histories, The African american Calhouns is a unique and vibrant portrait of six decades during powerful times of struggle and triumph.
