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Moved to Tears
When I read Gayle Jessup White’s essay in a recent post on “The Root,” I had such strong identification with it that I was moved to tears: Like most African Americans, oral history is my primary source for deep family…
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Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Slavery & its legacies
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Slavery & its legacies
Being Linked Through Slavery Means …
Being a “linked descendant” puts racism and white privilege in a harsh light for me. It makes speaking out honestly about the legacy of slavery a personal and family imperative. I always knew that my mother’s ancestral roots went back…
