Do you know anything about President’s Day beyond that it’s a federal holiday? This year, I was inspired to research the subject by my oldest son, who recently decided to submit an article Martin Luther King, Jr. to his school’s newspaper to inform his schoolmates about why the federal holiday exists. In view of thisContinueContinue reading “Is There a President in Your Past?”
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BookTalk: They Were Her Property Chapters 7 & 8 + Epilogue
Dr. Jones-Rogers ends her book, They Were Her Property, by detailing how white female slaveowners managed the denouement of slavery. She provides some history tidbits regarding the nation’s internal fight over the issue of slavery that I found interesting. For example, Jones-Rogers describes Abraham’s Lincoln’s efforts to quell Southerners’ fears about his intentions, citing thatContinueContinue reading “BookTalk: They Were Her Property Chapters 7 & 8 + Epilogue”
The Genealogy Griot 