We are the Seeds of our Ancestors' Dreams

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Abstract: Paper shared for for the "Freedom was Not Free" panel discussion, held via Zoom on June 21, 2021 as part of Stanford University's recognition of Juneteenth. The panel honored the history of Juneteenth and featured narratives from Stanford staff and their families who are descendants of enslaved people. Discussants included Ayodele Thomas, Ph.D. Office of Graduate Education (OGE), descendant of Ballew-Broaddus-Simpson-Noland family from Central Kentucky; Jim Embry, Father of Ayodele Thomas, descendant of Ballew-Broaddus-Simpson-Noland family from Central Kentucky; and Lettie McGuire, Stanford ACES Aware ECHO, Stanford Medicine, descendant of Lettie Mae (Long) Smith & Thomas Charles Smith from Waco, Texas. Taken from: Ivory Coast, Benin, Nigeria.

Subject: Stanford University; Stanford University, Institutional Equity and Access; Black Coalition at Stanford.; Stanford University, Black Staff Alliance.; Stanford University, Residential and Dining Enterprises.; Juneteenth.; Slaves > Emancipation; Enslaved persons; African American history; Slavery

Source ID: sul:SC1576_2021-109_i003
Location: https://purl.stanford.edu/jq050rt9867; SC1576
Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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