Tag: history
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Genealogy and Fair Housing -Is there a connection?
National Fair Housing Month-Plan for April By Dr. Shelley Viola Murphy There is, in fact, a link. There is a deep and complex link between African American genealogy and the National Fair Housing Act. It includes historical wrongs, which we are all familiar with, the fight for civil rights, which also continues today, and current…
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Announcing MAAGI! July 12-14
(2015 MAAGI Students and Facilitators, Harris Stowe University, St. Louis, MO) For the past three years the Midwest African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI) has provided an amazing learning experience for genealogists and researchers. MAAGI is an institute and not a genealogy conference. MAAGI has grown and has taken its place as a trusted educational and training institute. As…
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Ben Franklin’s World-A Podcast of Early American History
History Lover’s -hello. Do you like history? If so, I want to highlight and share this blog/podcast site. It is beginning to be one of my favorites. I have enjoyed listening to the podcasts by Liz Covart and her guests. The episode’s are packed full of history and lessons to be learned. Many will ask,…
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12 Blog Articles are my Charlottesville Examiner articles
Hi, thank you for stopping by. I hope you have pulled up a comfortable chair. I wanted to share that the first 12 articles I have posted on this site are my articles I wrote for the Charlottesville Examiner.com. They all were written between 2010-2014. I had some trouble with posting and figured I needed…
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