African American Lives 2 . Sharing Stories . Story List

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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
My aunt Lily Geneva Whitely and then the true story from Toronto newspaper	Battle of Vimy Ridge in France	Relative narrations then research	1917	Pittsburgh Pennsylvania	African Americans that left America for Canada
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My cousin, Robert Holden, told the story at family gatherings.	As the family settled in Raleigh, NC	Family story passed down - substantiated by the Family Bible	1865	He is originally from Raleigh, NC	Migrating North and Selecting the family name
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My dad Roland Palmore	Texas & Ohio	Oral tradition & research	1900s	Columbus, Ohio	Perserverance
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my dad,uncle auntes.	Barbados	yes.Iwas told that my grandfather was from barbados	1901	Iwas told france and maybe germany	I feel like a tree without any root.Ihave been trying to find my history
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My father	New Orleans	through genealogical research	1794	Missiddippi	My ancestors
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My father	Woodstock, Virginia	A casual conversation with my father	1980s	Woodstock, Virginia	Learning about my ancestry
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My father was an archivist at Nat'l. Archives and did alot of research	Prince William County, VA--cities of Manassas and Woodbridge	Alot of research has already been done by family	1860s	Thoroughfare, VA (Bullrun) near Manassas and Woodbridge, VA	Intriguing family history
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My father, uncles, aunts, and grandmother	Birmingham, Alabama area	My father, uncles, aunt, and grandmother and see something on the internet.	1900s	Las Vegas and Ohio	My father's Alabama roots?
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My grandfather	Lexington, KY	Passed down	1880s	Lancaster, KY	Finding family and the native american blood in your family; what to do ...
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My grandmother	Navasota, Texas	Family story	1874	California and Louisiana	My Ancestor
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My grandmother and her siblings often talk about this	Hallsville, Harrison County , TX	I was the child who was interested in the family history from my grandma	1850s	Alabama	Uncle Mack Nolan - black city councilman
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My grandmother and my great uncle Alfred Wilson	Mississippi	This story was often told at family events.	1920s	Mississippi	My great uncle Alfred Wilson's Escape to The North
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My Grandmother to begin with and her grandfather	Stonewall, Indian Territory	Oral history from my Grandmother. This is my family history	1898	Indian Territory/Oklahoma	This is a story about a "True American". This is about my ancestory.
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My great uncle Leo Bobo	Waukegan, Illinois	Oral history from my older relatives	1992	Tollette, Arkansas	It's a story of overcoming obstacles.
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My Great-Grandmother	Hancock County, Georgia	Oral history	1854	Hancock County, Georgia	Family Members
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My mother	Originated from North Carolina to Tennessee	Oral history	1842	Medon, Tennessee	Ancestry - linked to Tina Turner
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My mother	suburb of Buffalo, NY	It is the story of my own father's background	1960s	From upstate New York (ancestors from Wales)	Discovered I am part African American
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My mother	West Virginia	great aunts and uncles	1890s	West Virginia	Family History
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my mother aunts and uncles are the tellers of the story	Leland and Greenville Mississippi	I heard the story after viewing a photo of a woman in slave garments	1930s	my family is originally from mississippi and louisisana and arkansas	This story surrounds my great great grandmother born in 1855
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My mother wrote the letter to a cousin. A great-uncle had the bible.	The family were freed blacks in Baltimore and slaves in QueenAnne's County.	My maternal family history was written in a letter and in a family bible.	1813	These relatives lived in Baltimore Maryland.	It is a story about understanding my identity, my character and behaviors.
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