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A Haunting Family Death Bed Scene

Contributed on January 19, 2009

By: zsunlight

Descendants of Those In The Room When General George Washington Died.
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Blacks in the Revolution

Contributed on January 19, 2009

By: ekramer

Blacks played an important, though sometimes forgotten role, in the struggle to win America's freedom from Great Britain.
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future impact

Contributed on December 05, 2008

By: LarissaLindsay

www.thelmapatten.com
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My Father's Hope

Contributed on November 10, 2008

By: mberger104

My white father, who died in 1981, dreamed of an America changed by the election of a black president. Would he have been amazed this Election Day.
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Kentucky to Ohio

Contributed on October 22, 2008

By: marchfish

Bronston Journey
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Thelma Patten Law, M.D.

Contributed on September 30, 2008

By: paula.lauren.gibson@gmail.com

[afropix.blogspot.com] She attended Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC, and received her medical license in 1923. he began practicing Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob/Gyn) at Houston’s Negro Hospital in the Third Ward. By 1938/39, Dr. Th
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What was slavery Uncle Tom?

Contributed on September 30, 2008

By: sherrillfamily

This photograph dated 1890 has been in the family for years.
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Washington Family Houston Texas

Contributed on September 29, 2008

By: paula.lauren.gibson@gmail.com

Front Row: Thelma (my mom), Eliza, Clarence III, Charlene, Bessie, Carolyn (baby), Lex. Back Row: Clarence Jr., Cornelia, Clarence Sr., Harold. [From Personal Collection of Paula Lauren Gibson. Digital Scan © 2008] I have been documenting my family
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Life in North Lawrence, Ks 1940's

Contributed on September 24, 2008

By: rnoches

I lived in North Lawrence as a child from 1941 until 1948. Mr. Lan Demory cut my hair. He had a barber shop on the south side in the five hundred block of Locust. Old men used to come in and talk about Quantrill's raid; who hid where and what they did. Be
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Storytelling through quilts

Contributed on June 24, 2008

By: 23jayhawk

Local artist uses quilts to share historical stories.
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