Helen levitt's son, tom was expelled from his school. Their daughter was four and developmentally disabled. She was still drinking from a bottle and waking up two or three times a night. Everyone around them seemed to be turning their back when they appeared before congress. They were invited out maybe once or twice a year. Ite was blackworth's night. When we were invited, another black listed couple would be there,. period we were never invited to integrated affairs. We can't help ourselves, as i looked back, that was he the that was the toughest thing. The loneliness was simply dreadful.
Helen Slote Levitt was on her way to the good life in 1950s Hollywood. Then one day, her name appeared on a list. The story of an ordinary woman whose world was upended by extraordinary times.
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