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Why this Project is Important to Me–A Last Call to Contribute and Act
Wow.... Sitting here right now its almost sunset in the DC area and this computer is about to be shut off in honor of the Sabbath. It's been a ride like no other.....this journey to making this dream of mine to find my roots and trace them through food--and bring people together across lines of …
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That Cotton Thing…and Food….
Friendly Reminder: Sunday May 6th at 11:59 pm our campaign is done. Its going to mean cutting places, venues, community service opportunies, and losing time to do genealogical research if we don't make our goal--so please please please don't take my work here for granted and all the sweat our team has put into this …
Explaining: Looking for My Families’ Slaveowners
This project is sacred to me and the people who have elected to spend time working on it with me. Making that video was not easy. Although I treated it as though it were a matter of routine, I began to feel emotionally wound up and hurt as I stammered out the names. I realized …
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To My Old Master: Decoding a Race Relations/Blog Hit And What It Really Means
So you've probably been reading, sharing and looking at this gem from 1865. It apparently appeared in the New York Daily Tribune: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6790780585_466117fe88_o.jpg "Colonel" P.H. Anderson asked his former servant, Jourdon Anderson to basically come on back home and be his laborer. Mr. Jourdan, dictating his letter, responded in kind: Dayton, Ohio, August 7, 1865 To …
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The Cooking Gene 