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Holding On to Our Culinary Heritage
The New York Times correspondent Rachel L. Swarns reflects on the role culinary traditions play in the cultural change and loss that can accompany the American experience. Mention the Bahamas, and most people naturally envision idyllic seascapes with pearly beaches and turquoise waters. For me, though, any talk of my mother’s homeland always brings to…
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Meet the First Lady's Multiracial Ancestors
In her new book, American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama, author Rachel L. Swarns unravels the fascinating story of the first lady’s multiracial ancestry. She puts together the pieces of Michelle Obama’s lineage by solving missing links and discovering surprising relatives, including the first lady’s white great-great-great-grandfather. Here are…
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Madison and the White House, Through the Memoir of a Slave
WASHINGTON — In 1809, a young boy from a wealthy Virginia estate stepped into President James Madison’s White House and caught the first glimpse of his new home. The East Room was unfinished, he recalled years later in a memoir. Pennsylvania Avenue was unpaved and “always in an awful condition from either mud or dust,”…
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