Novelist Kaitlyn Greenidge writes about her weekend in Chesapeake, Virginia for the 150th anniversary of United Order of Tents, a secret society of black women established after the end of the civil war, which has long provided much needed financial and other kinds of support to black communities.
Secrets of the South
Kaitlyn Greenidge | Lenny | October 6, 2017 | 3,319 words
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