African-American Odyssey: The Stewarts, 1853-1963; Author: Broussard, Albert S.; Hardback; Book

Author: Broussard, Albert S.
Hardback; Book; 15 Photographs
272 pages
Published: November 1998
University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700609164

T. McCants Stewart was a prominent African-American in his day, a lawyer during the Reconstruction who later became a minister, politician, and racial activist and was regarded by his peersas one of the most significant black leaders of his generation. This book illuminates the professional career and private lives of Stewart and his descendants over three generations, providing an epic account of an African-American family in America.This saga of the Stewarts begins in Antebellum Charleston, but moves onto numerous other locales to relate how this family fulfilled a mission to provide leadership and service to its community. It explores issues of class, intergenerational relations and community activism.