Tag: Newspapers

• August 12, 2015

  Bradley, Flowers, and Sams: A Blended Family

  Lydia Bradley —/-— Harry Flowers Mary    Samuel      Josie                         Harry Flowers  –/– Nancy Sawyer             Chauncey     Fred     John    Rachel     Theodore     Vincent     Gladyce     Hilda Nancy…
• August 2, 2015

  Newspapers, Obituaries, and African American Genealogy

  By the 20th century, the black press was a cornerstone in the black community giving voice to essentially Black America. It was the “Black Twitter” of the past. In the late 19th and throughout the 20th century, this was the source of black news in America, it was what the black community turned to for…
• July 24, 2014

  It is All in the Name

  So, you all know that my name is Christina. I was named after a fictional character in a novel my mom was reading while I was “baking in her oven”. I have no complaints about my name; it simply fits me. As with life, I have been called numerous nicknames. We have Chris, Christy, Tina,…