New York
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Harlem to New York: Zara Cully Brown – A Letter to my Mom
Zara Cully Brown, [my great-aunt] was a boarder in the same New York Apartment with her sister Agnes Cully Peters, for a number of years between 1935-1940’s. My mother was quite young at…
- Agnes Cully Peters, Baltimore Afro-American Newspaper, Marian Anderson, New York, Newspaper Article, Ollie Stewart
New Yorker Makes Marian Anderson’s Clothes: Newspaper Article #2
I received an inbox facebook message from a Mr. Adams informing me of a news article outlining the relationship of Marian Anderson to my grandmother Agnes Peters and how they were introduced. He…
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What Happens to A Dream Deferred?
When I think about the process of writing my mother’s memoirs of Sugar Hill, my mind reflects on Langston Hughes and one of his famous poems, “A Dream Deferred”. What Happens to A…
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Finding Burton Deane
I wrote the first draft of chapter #1 for “A Taste of Sugar Hill” a few days ago. The first chapter was in my mother’s words; a recollection of a date she went…
- African American, Agnes Cully Peters, Cully Surname, Fashion, Fashion Show, Marian Anderson, New York, Newspaper Article, Peters Surname
Agnes Cully Peters Dressmaker for Marian Anderson: Newspaper Article #1
Over the next few weeks, I will be posting newspaper articles of my family, who were living in Harlem, New York during the 1920’s to the 1950’s. Below is an article of my…
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Welcome to “A Taste of Sugar Hill”
I have always been intrigued by the life of my late mother Betty Mae Peters. She divided her life in three distinct phases by the places she lived. The first phase of her…
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My Ancestors Want To Be Known Part #3: Lawrence Singleton Gilliam
This is a continuum of My Ancestors Want To Be Known Part #1 & #2. If you are interested in reading part one and part two, go to the links above. This is a…