Be sure to check out the photo gallery at the end of this post.... At the beginning of August, my biological uncle Robert and I attended the 2022 Gamble family reunion, held in Charleston, South Carolina. Black Gamble descendants have been meeting annually since the...
This Memorial Day I'm thinking about a group of heroic soldiers from deep in our country's history. Nearly 180,000 free Black men and escaped slaves served in the Union Army during the Civil War. They joined what was officially called the United States Colored Troops,...
When my adoptive father attended UVA's medical school from 1957-1961, Charlottesville was segregated. He wasn't allowed to eat in restaurants or go to movie theaters. He wasn't allowed to visit Monticello, US President (and UVA founder) Thomas Jefferson's home....
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