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1619 – 400 Years of Inequality

September 16, 2019 By dionneford

In a few weeks, I'll submit my memoir Finding Josephine to my editor - the most thrilling, rewarding and terrifying work I've ever done in my life.  To keep me company during this final stretch and my anxiety at bay, I've been doing a lot of reading including a steady diet of The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: African American History, Ancestry, family history, genealogy, slavery, writing Tagged With: 1619, 400YearsofInequality, Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine

Slavery’s Descendants

December 26, 2018 By dionneford

Along this journey of digging up my family's history, I met many other descendants of slavery including members of the national organization Coming to the Table. I was honored to be asked to help edit an anthology of some of the members' stories. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: African American History, Ancestry, anthology, family history, genealogy, Multiracial families, slavery, Uncategorized, writing Tagged With: Anthology, Rutgers Press, slavery, Slavery's Descendants, writing

Treasure Chest Thursday: Six Degrees of Slave Owner Separation

July 15, 2010 By dionneford

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIyuYwbVnA] It's nice to be back from a great vacation where I unplugged from my computer and soaked up the surf and sun. Even though I wasn't blogging or researching, genealogy was never too far from me.  As we made our way down to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ancestry, Boddie, Hilliard, slavery, vacation Tagged With: genealogy

Madness Monday – Was My Ancestor Lynched?

May 17, 2010 By dionneford

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs] Yesterday, I shared how my great, great-grandfather escaped the Ku Klux Klan.  Well, not all of my relatives may have been so lucky. A few weeks ago I heard a new family story - that one of my great, great-grandmother's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ancestry, family history, lynching, Mississippi, slavery, Uncategorized Tagged With: African American, genealogy

Wordless Wednesday: A Family Memento

April 28, 2010 By dionneford

The silver child's cup that I'm holding left me speechless as did the sentiment behind it when  Joel Brink gave it to me during our first meeting this past Sunday.  Joel is an art historian who has published several books about his and his wife's families.  His wife, Joan … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ancestry, family, family history, Mississippi, slavery, Uncategorized Tagged With: Martha McCauley

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FINDING JOSEPHINE

The search for my family's history began at age twelve when I asked the simple question, "Grandpa, are you white?"

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