How the Black Family Reunion Beat Sundown Towns

<p>For decades, the Black family reunion has been written off as just a massive summer cookout. But beneath the matching t-shirts and plates of food lies a survival economy built to combat an American system designed to sever the Black bloodline. Gathering hundreds of relatives wasn&#39;t just a good time; it was a rescue mission to piece together families shattered by slavery and Jim Crow.</p>