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A Hairston Conversation: Family Connections, and Guidance for Researchers & Writers

On May 5, 2024 Henry Wiencek, author of The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White (1999), joined members of the large and extended Hairston clan: Dean Hairston, a…

Lee GuionMay 30, 2024

History, Culture, People, Places & Events

From Assumed Thug to Actual Hero: The Time My Dad Was Arrested as a Peaceful Child Demonstrator for Civil Rights

-- By Dr. Lee Davenport While some people began baking bread and planting gardens during quarantine, I began to uncover the experiences that shaped my parents, grandparents, and other living…

Lee DavenportJanuary 9, 2023

Healing, Repair & Action

Visualizing Our Histories, Our Stories — Part 2

We are continuing our series over the next several months, and will be sharing artwork and writeups of the creative process, from our Linked Descendants' working group members. Some of…

BitterSweet EditorsSeptember 1, 2021