Who is Luvenia Lewis from The Glory Field and what is their importance?

Luvenia Lewis is the oldest child of Elijah Lewis and Goldie (Paige) Lewis. Luvenia's younger brother is Richard Lewis. Luvenia is Lizzy's granddaughter and Moses and Saran's great-granddaughter. Luvenia is also the great-aunt of Malcolm Lewis. Luvenia enters the narrative in 1930, when she is sixteen years old. Luvenia is tall and dark-skinned and she has ideas of her own.