![]() Like many African Americans, her ancestors fled the South-and oppression from the Ku Klux Klan and police-some settling in the Northeast, others in California, disrupting their ties to their cultural and spiritual heritage. A family’s story reflects African Americans’ struggle for survival.ĭriven by a need to understand her own identity, cultural critic Jerkins mounted an investigation into her family’s tangled history, recounting in this candid memoir the surprising discoveries that emerged from her emotional journey. ![]()
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