Cousins: Connected through slavery, a Black woman and a White woman discover their past-and each other...

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Betty Kilby Baldwin Phoebe Kilby

Cousins

Connected through slavery, a Black woman and a White woman discover their past-and each other...

Betty Kilby Baldwin, Phoebe Kilby

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Walnut Street Books
29 June 2021

Biography: general

What happens when a White woman, Phoebe, contacts a Black woman, Betty, saying she suspects they are connected through slavery? First surprise? Betty responds, ""Hello, Cousin.""

Betty had fought for an education and won. She broke through the concrete ceiling in the workplace and succeeded. A documentary of her life was about to debut.

Without thinking, she invites Phoebe to a family dinner and the premiere of the documentary. Second surprise? She forgot to tell her family who was coming to dinner.

Betty finds an activist partner in Phoebe. Cousins indeed, they commit to a path of reconciliation.

In alternating chapters, each tells her dramatic story-from Betty's experience as one of the first Black children to attend her desegregated school, to Phoebe's eventual question to Betty: ""How do I begin to repair the harms?""

Piercingly honest. Includes a working reparations project which the two women conceived together.

Betty and Phoebe have been interviewed on the BBC and were recently featured in a special on Netflix.

By: Betty Kilby Baldwin, Phoebe Kilby
Imprint: Walnut Street Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 358g
ISBN: 9781947597426
ISBN 10: 1947597426
Pages: 225
Publication Date: 29 June 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Betty Kilby Baldwin entered and graduated from Warren County (VA) High School after suing based on the landmark Brown Supreme Court decision. She started employment as a factory worker, eventually achieving executive management positions. Phoebe Kilby, a descendant of enslavers, was inspired by the ""Coming to the Table"" movement to connect with descendants of persons her family enslaved. She is trained in environmental management and in conflict transformation.

Reviews for Cousins: Connected through slavery, a Black woman and a White woman discover their past-and each other

I highly recommend this amazing story of racial reconciliation. Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize winner I'm very excited about this remarkable book. I hope the experiences of Betty and Phoebe will inspire others to sit down at the table of sisterhood and brotherhood to promote racial healing. Tim Kaine, U.S. Senator from Virginia A compelling read! With truth, reparations, racial healing, and reimagining public safety initiatives proliferating in hundreds of municipalities throughout the country at historic levels today, Cousins is a story that could not be more timely. Fania E. Davis, Social Justice activist, Civil Rights attorney, Restorative Justice leader