Lawrence Lore
- Oct 6, 2023
- 2 min
Rest in Peace"
Old newspaper articles are often filled with information that capture our attention. This particular article captured Larry Curry’s...
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Lawrence Lore
- Aug 30, 2023
- 3 min
Great Turnout for Program
Todd Carr spoke about the legend and lore of the Crenshaw Slave House Monday Night August 28, 2023 to a full house. The audience kept him...
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Lawrence Lore
- Jun 7, 2023
- 3 min
FORMER SLAVES – ALEXANDER, BAZIL, CASTERIA, & FLORIEL RUSSELL
African American families seldom learn any details of their slavery background including even the slave names themselves, but John King...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 9, 2022
- 3 min
Movers and Shakers
From a book about the English Settlement in Edwards County, Illinois, founded in 1817, John K discovered some interesting black history...
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Lawrence Lore
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
Buffalo Soldiers
An article in the Sumner Press, 6/7/1888, page 4, caught J King’s attention—“Henry Gowen of the regular Army 10th U S Cavalry visited...
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