A decades-long tradition continues this summer, with the 35th annual Black Family Reunion this month.
The event was started in 1989 by Dorothy Height, the longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women. It grew quickly, attracting millions across the country.
And from the reunions grew the Black Family Reunion Cookbook, first published in 1992.
But as you’ll hear in a moment, the cookbook was more than just a collection of recipes. It was an oral history of the African-American family.
So here now, from 1993, Dorothy Height.
Dorothy Height died in 2010. She was 98.
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