The Cayton Legacy: An African American Family

Experience the saga of a distinguished African American family that played a significant role in U.S. history from the Civil War to the present. Residing primarily in Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle, several generations of the Horace and Susie Cayton family faced racial discrimination, professional failure, poverty, alcoholism, depression, and drug addiction. Yet the force of the family legacy impelled most of them to make significant contributions to American society.

Acknowledgements

vi

Preface

ix

Introduction: The Cayton Legacy

xiii

Of a Senator and Slaves

The Hiram Revels and Evans Cayton Families, c. 1825--1896

1

(10)

Way Out West

Horace Cayton Sr. and Susie Revels, 1872--1896

11

(12)

The Queen City

Susie and Horace Sr., 1894--1913

23

(28)

Life on the Horns

The Parents---Work and Family, 1914--1932

51

(16)

Go Out and Achieve

The Family Crucible, 1914--1931

67

(20)

The Torch is Passed

The Cayton Family, 1931--1943

87

(16)

A Black Metropolis

Horace Jr., Madge, and Susan, 1931--1943

103

(24)

Dark Mirror of Our Lives

Horace Jr., Madge, and Susan, 1943--1948

127

(20)

A Spirit of Steadfast Determination

Revels in San Francisco and Los Angeles, 1934--1945

147

(14)

With the Safest Man in America

Revels and Horace Jr. in New York, 1946--1959

161

(16)

The Uplift

Horace Jr., Lillie, and Revels in California, 1950s to 1995

177

(28)

Epilogue: The Legacy Endures---Susan Cayton Woodson

205

(3)

About the Author

208

(1)

Endnotes

209

(26)

Bibliography

235

(7)

Index

242

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