A CUT ABOVE: Special Edition

From the Author of CAROLINA BUILT comes the compelling story of Octavius Williams, the younger brother and only sibling of Josephine Napoleon Williams Leary. In 1893, as the Gilded Age waned and the turn of the 20^th century loomed, Octavius and his pregnant wife Missouri made history by becoming the first Black residents of LeDroit Park, a neighborhood in the northeastern part of Washington, D.C. The Williamses bold decision to integrate the area would pave the way for LeDroit Park to become a storied and culturally rich enclave, home to the likes of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Mary Church Terrel, and Dr. Anna Julia Haywood Cooper. Follow the couples’ experiences including encountering violent whites who didn’t want them there, raising their daughter Vivian in a new city nearly 250 miles from their home and family in Edenton, and Octavius obtaining a position as an official barber at the US Capitol. A CUT ABOVE is a tale of courage, perseverance, family, love, and the triumph of the human spirit. 

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