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16 July 2019/ Slavery in America

An ancestor’s escape from slavery

An ancestor’s escape from slavery
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Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh

Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh

Read about Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh. Watch the full story in 7 chapters.

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— Race Unity in America: an Oral History —

Slavery in America

  • Hold on, just a little while longer
  • An act of God
  • From Harriet Tubman to the fields
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Civil Rights was just life
Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights was just life

When I was 14, I got all dressed up to see the national NAACP leader speak at the YWCA.

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A family’s legacy

My eighth-grade teacher taught us as if the eighth grade was going to be our last year of education.

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An ancestor’s escape from slavery
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