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Walking the Land – Returning to the Holliman Property (video)

In 1870, Isaac Holleman purchased 50 acres in Windsor, near the Nansemond County line. He and his wife Ann raised their family there, and the land remained in the Holliman family until the 1960s. Although it had not been inhabited since a catastrophic fire in 1944, the land endured. Early last year, we visited the land with permission from the current owner and tenant. This … Continue reading Walking the Land – Returning to the Holliman Property (video)

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International African American Museum, Charleston, South Carolina

I visited the International African American Museum located on Gadsden’s Wharf in Charleston, South Carolina. Gadsden’s Wharf was the first destination for an estimated 100,000 enslaved Africans during the peak of the international slave trade. Some researchers estimate that 40% of the enslaved Africans in the United States landed at Gadsden’s Wharf. The museum covers the history of Africans in America starting with the Black … Continue reading International African American Museum, Charleston, South Carolina

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National Memorial for Peace and Justice In Montgomery, Alabama

I finally made it to the Equal Justice Initiative’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice (also known as the National Lynching Museum). We actually drove there from Nashville in 2018 soon after it opened but arrived less than an hour before closing. A docent there told us that we would need at least an hour to walk through the site so we should come back another … Continue reading National Memorial for Peace and Justice In Montgomery, Alabama

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