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Jul 29, 2024 · Gail Lumet Buckley, who chronicled Black family history and was the daughter of Hollywood’s first Black star, died July 18, 2024, of heart failure in Santa Monica, California.
Buckley was the daughter of the singer and actress Lena Horne and political activist Louis Jordan Jones. [ 2][ 3] She was raised Catholic. [ 4][ 5] Buckley died on July 18, 2024, at the age of 86. [ 1] Books. The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family.
Jul 30, 2024 · Gail Lumet Buckley, who died on July 18, was an award-winning chronicler of the African American experience. She once wrote of herself in 'America' that "I choose the cross of faith over the...
Jul 26, 2024 · July 26, 2024. Gail Lumet Buckley, who rather than follow her mother, Lena Horne, into show business, wrote two multigenerational books about their ambitious Black middle-class family, died...
Jul 31, 2024 · Gail Lumet Buckley, a writer whose books combined history and memoir to highlight Black achievement in the United States, often through the prism of her own family, including her mother ...
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Jul 28, 2024 · Gail Lumet Buckley, who dedicated her professional to chronicling Black American history, has passed away at the age of 86. As the daughter of entertainer Lena Horne and her first husband, entrepreneur Louis Jones, Buckley lived the life of the Black upperclass.
Jul 27, 2024 · Gail Lumet Buckley, the daughter of Lena Horne and a journalist and author who wrote two books about the history of her Black middle-class family, died July 18. She was 86.
