{"id":13032,"date":"2021-10-11T14:27:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/?p=13032"},"modified":"2021-10-11T14:27:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T14:27:22","slug":"black-descendant-of-4th-u-s-president-james-madison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/black-descendant-of-4th-u-s-president-james-madison\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Descendant of 4th U.S. President James Madison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black Descendant of 4th U.S. President James Madison <\/span>Publishes Book About His Black Family.<\/span><\/h1>\n

Santa Fe, NM<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 Dr. Bettye Kearse, retired pediatrician and black descendant of President James Madison, is the author of the award-winning book\u00a0The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President\u2019s Black Family<\/i>\u00a0(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020). In recounting the struggles, perseverance, and contributions of eight generations of Kearse\u2019s family, this memoir illustrates that enslaved Africans possessed inner strength, hope, and talents by which they survived enslavement while contributing mightily to America. They passed down these same qualities to their descendants. This book will inspire those descendants not only to use their inner strength to fight for their full rights as full Americans but to realize their hopes, and, like their enslaved ancestors, to make contributions to our nation.<\/p>\n

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n 2020,\u00a0The Other Madisons<\/i>\u00a0earned the International Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society Book Award for Non-fiction\/Autobiography and an Outstanding Book Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.<\/p>\n

In its starred review, the esteemed\u00a0Kirkus Reviews<\/i>\u00a0praised\u00a0The Other Madisons<\/i>\u00a0as \u201cA Roots for a new generation, rich in storytelling and steeped in history\u201d and one of the best books of the year. Kearse\u2019s book was also listed as one of\u00a0Smithsonian Magazine<\/i>\u2018s \u201cBest History Books of 2020,\u201d\u00a0Good Morning America<\/i>\u2018s \u201c7 Books to Read for Presidents Day,\u201d and\u00a0Parade<\/i>\u2018s \u201cBest Memoirs to Read this Year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2021 documentary film based on\u00a0The Other Madisons<\/i>\u00a0can be seen in webinars and film festivals throughout the country. The following is a brief clip:\u00a0YouTube.com\/watch?v=gEdU3CujS6I<\/a><\/p>\n

Among Dr. Kearse\u2019s prior speaking venues are the National Museum of African American History and Culture, The Civil Rights and Social Justice Section of The American Bar Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, Harvard University Medical School, the University of Virginia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and James Madison\u2019s Montpelier.<\/p>\n

Her areas of expertise include President James Madison\u2019s Black descendants, the importance of oral history, slavery on Wall Street, and how the original Constitution laid the groundwork for marginalizing Black Americans and for unjust law enforcement against them including George Floyd\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n

Dr. Kearse has appeared on \u201cTeen Kids News\u201d television and multiple podcast and radio programs, including NPR shows. Video and audio recordings are available.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0BettyeKearse.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Also be sure to follow her on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Sample presentation:
\n<\/b>https:\/\/video.ibm.com\/recorded\/128202607<\/a><\/p>\n

Sample interview:<\/b>
\nhttps:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/all-of-it-2020-03-17\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Black Descendant of 4th U.S. President James Madison Publishes Book About His Black Family. Santa Fe, NM\u00a0\u2014 Dr. Bettye Kearse, retired pediatrician and black descendant of President James Madison, is the author of the award-winning book\u00a0The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President\u2019s Black Family\u00a0(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020). In recounting the struggles, perseverance, and Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[133,896,1],"tags":[1088,1153],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13035,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13032\/revisions\/13035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}