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1 online resource (viii, 353 pages) : illustrations |
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In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley#x97;daughter of actress Lena Horne#x97;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. |
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The daughter of actress Lena Horne traces the lives of her family between two major human rights periods in America, sharing the stories of the branches of her family that lived in the North and South, and their experiences during the Jim Crow and wartime eras. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-328) and index. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Calhoun family.
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Buckley, Gail Lumet, 1937- -- Family.
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Buckley, Gail Lumet, 1937- |
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Calhoun family. |
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African Americans -- Georgia -- Biography.
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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African American families -- Georgia -- History.
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African American families -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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African American families. |
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African Americans. |
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Families. |
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Georgia. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Buckley, Gail Lumet, 1937- Black Calhouns New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2016] 9780802124548 (NjBwBT)bl2015057348 (OCoLC)911364932 |
| ISBN |
9780802190697 : $17.00 |
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0802190693 : $17.00 |
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