For decades, the Black family reunion has been written off as just a massive summer cookout. But beneath the matching t-shirts and plates of food lies a survival economy built to combat an American system designed to sever the Black bloodline.
Gathering hundreds of relatives wasn't just a good time; it was a rescue mission to piece together families shattered by slavery and Jim Crow.
Sources:
Driving While Black by Gretchen Sorin
Sundown Towns by James W. Loewen
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
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