My ancestors Lewis Pratt (born circa 1870) and his father, John Pratt (born circa 1840), lived in Prattville in…
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, was the U.S. Supreme Court’s name for a series of lower-court cases…
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For centuries, black Brazilians and Portuguese descendants of Africa around the globe have danced and sung in…
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Nestled in the campestral sprawl that is the rural outskirts of Philadelphia, no more than 35 minutes from each…
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I have a rather unique last name: “Jenious.” My paternal grandfather’s name was Otto Jenious. I have found some…
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Many people are surprised to learn that a great painting from the 17th century was the work of a former slave of…
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What is especially sinister about child molesters is that they often take advantage of a child’s ignorance about sex…
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I wonder if I am related to a slave-owning politician in North Carolina, Stephen Cabarrus. One of my maternal…
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Her voice was haunting, soulful and powerful.
I am writing you to ask your advice on how to handle a problem that has recently occurred in my ancestral search. I…
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She couldn’t read or write and didn’t know her own age. By 1942 she was old and without a job. For decades, she’d…
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You can read this quote by C.T. Vivian, from Black Power and the American Myth (1970), in Bartlett’s Familiar Black…
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