Generations of Black Life in Kennesaw and Marietta, Georgia

Patrice Lassiter, Kennesaw State University

Abstract

Generations of Black Life in Kennesaw and Marietta, Georgia is the first documented pictorial history of two rich and diverse black communities during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Through carefully preserved vintage images and informative captions, Lassiter tells a story that is unique, but at the same time recognizable to black communities everywhere.