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Redrawing A Community – A Washington Descendant’s Journey, Part Two

Part One of this series is titled "Paper". It explains my family background, and how I was launched on this journey. Many thanks to the members of Bittersweet, for your…

Sarah BrownMarch 18, 2015

Linked Descendants Slavery & Its Legacies

Amazing grace

Glenda Menzies, née Strawser (1938-2012) People ask what drew me to write a biography of Lillian Carter, mother of President Jimmy Carter (Lillian Carter: A Compassionate Life, McFarland & Company,…

grant.hayter-menziesFebruary 7, 2015

Linked Descendants

Discovering Table Manners

Thank you for the admonition, Prinny. (See her post, You Discovered a Slave Owner in Your Family Tree? here.) Granted, it was at Race Talks, an ongoing community forum in…

Roger David HardestyMay 14, 2014