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The stained glass window a family history as the American story, 1790-1958

"National Humanities Medal recipient and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize David Levering Lewis's own family history that shifts our understanding of the larger American story Sitting beneath a stained-glass window dedicated to his grandmother in the Atlanta church where his family had prayed...

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Main Author: Lewis, David Levering, 1936- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Lewis, David Levering, > 1936- > Family.
Lewis family.
Bell family.
King family.
African American families > Southern States > Biography.
African Americans > Southern States > Genealogy.
Multiracial families > Southern States > Genealogy.
Enslaved persons > Southern States > Genealogy.
United States > History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Setting Up Slavery: St. Simon Island to Roswell, Georgia
  • Clarissa's Bargain: The Belvin's of Houston County
  • An Identity of their Own: The Bells of Goose Creek and Auburn Avenue
  • Up from Slavery: The Black Belt Lewises
  • The Arc of White Supremacy: The Optimistic Atlanta Bells, 1865-1894
  • In the Fold of White Supremacy: The Deceived Bells, 1895-1906
  • Separate and Unequal: Bells & Lewises, 1906-1930
  • Negotiating Family and White Supremacy: The Lewises
  • Striving for Excellence: The Wilberforce Years
  • With All Deliberate Speed: The Lewises.

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