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Posted on August 28, 2016August 29, 2016

Slavery, Ancestry & the Importance of Finding Family History

"The Underground Railroad "by Colson Whitehead has me more excited than I have been in awhile for a book. It was published earlier this month and has already racked up quite a buzz. I heard about this book reading the most recent edition of "O" magazine during my lunch break at work this week. What snagged …

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Posted on March 22, 2013

My Grandmother the Freedom Fighter

Just finished writing Mom-Mom’s (maternal grandmother) obituary, which led me to have some conversations with my mother about her life. I knew her as my grandmother and heard stories about her civil rights activism but hearing them again all together just made me admire her that much more. I was pissed I couldn’t include every …

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