Probably the best fount of knowledge and wisdom is beheld at the annual family reunion. It speaks to royal lineage - of who one's great, great, great, great, great grandparents were and what they did to survive.
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| Descendants of Cassius Duerson: Dr. Betty Griffin, Kurk and Tomi Johnson, Jewell and Freddie Brown |
The family reunion bids descendants to keep on keeping on!
Yes, a family reunion is a powerful thing that should be respected and revered.
One such event occurred July 20 - 22 in Richmond, Ky. during inclement weather. Activities included meet and greet, memorial service, banquet, auction, historical skit, and angel and scholarship giveaways.
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| A prayer service and Time of Reflection was held at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Kirksville, Ky. |
Here are three things I learned.
Without their approval, some slaves took on the last name of their masters.
Some present day descendants of slaves are still trying to figure out their family history and connections to others.
Some Black people have a deep yearning to decipher the past and rise to the glorious future their ancestors gifted them.
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| Members of the Cassius Duerson branch |
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| Tomi Johnson (c) poses with family DJ Megan Larue and another newly-met relative.
Their 61st reunion will be held in Cleveland, Ohio. For more information, contact Mary Adderton at jerryadderton@gmail.com.
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Glad to see families celebrate and have a good time. Looks like everyone was having a great time. Thanks for sharing.Tomi, you looked amazing!
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N says: Hi Tomi: It was a pleasure meeting you and Kurk this past weekend. You’re blog about the Duerson-Bennett-Miller Family Reunion is awesome. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteE says: Thanks. It is wonderful to keep family together with reunions. I love reliving the history of who belongs to whom and where everyone is now. I am sorry to say other than my immediate family ( brother, sister and their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren) we do not get together. We did when Mother and her siblings were alive and they all had such large families, but I am not sure I would even recognize most of my cousins now. I have a couple of cousins on my Dad's side that I keep in contact with, but that's it.
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