The Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) published this in their newsletter, BCALA News, Summer 2015, Volume 42 Issue 3, pp 41-46. I am reposting it here on my blog with some modifications. You have thoroughly researched your African-American roots all the way back to the 1870 U.S. census. You have even read …

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