Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
As the country enters a new era of conversations around race and the enduring impact of slavery, The Hairstons traces the rise and fall of the largest slaveholding family in the Old South as its descendants--both black and white--grapple with the twisted legacy of...
The Hairstons is the extraordinary saga of the largest family in America, the Hairston clan. One family--black and white--has a history that is the story of slavery and its legacy in America. Yet this is not a tale of horror, but rather of love and heroism powerful enough to...
As the country enters a new era of conversations around race and the enduring impact of slavery, The Hairstons traces the rise and fall of the largest slaveholding family in the Old South as its descendants--both black and white--grapple with the twisted legacy of...