Black Descendant of 4th U.S. President James Madison Releases Book About His Black Family

Dr. Bettye Kearse, retired pediatrician and black descendant of President James Madison, is the author of the award-winning book The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President’s Black Family (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). In recounting the struggles, perseverance, and contributions of eight generations of Kearse’s family, this memoir […]