For over 25 years, Gloria Jefferson Anderson researched her father’s side of the family, trying to figure out what happened to her ancestors once slavery ended. “When I found out where my father’s people were on the plantation – the next question was, ‘Well, where are these people buried?” said Anderson, 74, a Tallahassee resident. Read More…
By Mae Johnson So often, we believe the world is happening to us, not that we are creating it. Sometimes people do things to make themselves feel big but instead, makes themselves feel small. They are always careful to be accurate and to behave correctly; however, any negative emotion that rises in you is a sign Read More…
Black Descendant of 4th U.S. President James Madison Publishes Book About His Black Family. Santa Fe, NM — Dr. Bettye Kearse, retired pediatrician and black descendant of President James Madison, is the author of the award-winning book The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President’s Black Family (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020). In recounting the struggles, perseverance, and Read More…
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