I had a chance to visit the Whitney Plantation museum in Edgard, Louisiana on Sunday, the first in the United States to focus exclusively on slavery. The visit was an emotional 180 after celebrating a very different kind of history the day before - my 30th High School Reunion. … [Read more...]
Follow Friday: Can the 1852 Constitutional Convention of Louisiana help find my Enslaved Family?
In the binders in my office that are full of my family's history, I keep lists of things to follow up on. Recently I checked something off the top of one such follow-up list that might help shed some light on what happened to my great, great-grandmother's enslaved family. The … [Read more...]
Follow Friday: Andrew Jackson Wishes
President Donald Trump's comments earlier this week lauding the seventh president Andrew Jackson reminded me of a document I recently found at the Library of Congress website while trying to track down anything about my great, great grandmother Tempy Burton's family. The … [Read more...]
Follow Friday: Immigrants and Slaves
Remember earlier this month when Ben Carson equated immigrants and slaves? My ancestors are both, and Literary Hub published my essay where I explore the differences in the context of my family's history. … [Read more...]
Treasure Chest Thursday: The MacDowell Colony
My first real writing job out of college was a part time position at my local daily newspaper. I called the cops twice a day in our county to see if anything interesting had happened in the past 24 hours and I wrote obituaries. Every now and again, my editor assigned me a light … [Read more...]
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