The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family by Bettye Kearse

The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family

Bettye Kearse

288 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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In The Other Madisons, Bettye Kearse—a descendant of an enslaved cook and, according to oral tradition, President James Madison—shares her family story and explores the issues of legacy, race, and the powerful consequences of telling the whole tru...

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