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The Blackwoods Ronald L. Smith That is until one ofFrom Boston Globe Horn Book Awardwinning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations of a Hollywood familyan unforgettable tale of ambition, fame, struggle, loss, and love in America. The Blackwoods. Everyone knows their name. Blossom Blackwood burst onto the silver screen in 1962, and in the decades that followed, she would become one of the most celebrated actors of our timeand the matriarch of the most famous Black family in