While researching Benjamin Van Clarke, I came across this black and white photo of him leading a march downtown. I fell in love with it. Not only is he looking
This past weekend I drove four hours north to my birthplace of Monroe, Louisiana, also where my parents were born and raised. I have a lot of family there, but
“Guess where I been today?” she asked me when I walked in from school one day, grinning so hard her cheekbones nearly closed her eyes. I shrugged. “Mississippi?” She was
Since discussing my oral history project, I’ve been asked to share more info on collecting family history. I got kinda stuck my dern self tryna figure out the best place
Cornelius McKane was born in Georgetown, British Guiana, on February 2, 1862. That’s in South America and is now called Guyana. He’s the great-grandson of King Mannah Funacai of Liberia,