Today, we commonly use the phrase “40 acres and a mule,” but few of us have read the Order itself. Three of its parts are relevant here. Section one bears repeating in full: “The islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country…
My new blog has a poll on it called: “What makes a place or building historic?” What makes it worth saving, preserving, or protecting? Vote in the poll in the upper right hand corner of this blog, and leave a comment under this post. Don’t worry. I am not looking for a correct answer. I am…
When you understand that freedom was a process, not a moment, then you can allow yourself to wonder what work is left for us in the next 100 years.”
In 2013, I commit myself to making intangible heritage tangible, and manifesting visible change within invisible communities.” SANKOFA “return and get it” symbol of importance of learning from the past
“The healing of the progression of the family from the past into the future is essential if we are to be whole. The passing on and the receiving of the gifts of the genetic lines, and the acknowledgment and reconciliation of the past distortions and corruptions of those gifts, bring peace to the ancestral line…
[UTSOA] center for sustainable development : Fifth Street Neighborhood Plan & Market Study I am pretty excited to see this get off the ground. Most people will know this area as Stafford, but it s really its own neighborhood. This all began with my earlier work on the area’s history and the cemetery. My academic…
Jenkins, Laney,Davis Families – The Ranch I found a whole branch of my family tree. My 2nd great grand mother was Emma Davis Brown Paulhill. See Emma holding me in the picture below. She was 97 I think. I was probably eating a tea cake or piece of jelly cake my great grandma Hester made.…
“Ah yes. I have seen this. This kind of “innocent” or “casual” racism crops up a lot in Latin American societies, including Mexico.” Before I left the Ship on the Desert at the Guadalupe Mountains last weekend, I met a wonderful surprise bunk mate. Jenna Camp is an amazing artist and preserver of Mexican music.…