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Dr. Albert B. Cleage and Miss Pearl D. Reed were married at noon Thursday... 31 Oct 2011 | 01:05 pm

My grandmother, Pearl Doris Reed, was born in Lebanon, Kentucky in 1886.  She the youngest of the seven children of Anna Allen Reed.  Pearl's father was Buford Averitt, a white physician.  By 1888 Pea...

Unknown Man on Unknown Road - Wordless Wednesday 27 Oct 2011 | 10:50 am

The Ancestors' Geneameme 18 Oct 2011 | 12:51 pm

Inspired by Angela Y. Walton-Raji over at My Ancestor's Name, I finally did The Ancestor's Geneameme. It was started by Geniaus several days ago. The list should be annotated in the following manner: ...

The Illustrated News - Walk to Freedom 1 Oct 2011 | 08:27 am

 When I saw that an illustrated weekly was the prompt for this week, I knew I had to post something about The Illustrated News.  The Illustrated News was published during the earlier 1960s by my fathe...

Gamma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha - 1926 - Wordless Wednesday 29 Sep 2011 | 08:31 am

My grandfather, Albert B. Cleage Sr is 5th from the left, top row. Dr. Ames, who I talked about here Births, Deaths,Doctors and Detroit - Part 2- The Doctors & Detroit in the 1920s is 7th from the lef...

Albert B. Cleage Jr. - Sepia Saturday 23 Sep 2011 | 09:04 am

Today I have posted a page from a small photo album that featured a page for each member of my father's family, plus some family friends. The contact size photos were not very carefully pasted in and ...

The Detroit Riot 1967 - Some History & Another Small Interview With My Father 22 Sep 2011 | 10:20 am

Yesterday I put up a small segment of an interview with my father, Rev. Albert B. Cleage Jr (later known as Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman). Today I have another video from Paul Lee with more information abou...

An Interview with my Father, Rev. Albert B. Cleage Jr. - 1967/1968 21 Sep 2011 | 02:22 pm

My friend, historian Paul Lee, put this short clip of an interview of my father, Rev. Albert B. Cleage Jr. by Chet Huntley on You Tube.  It is from late 1967 or early 1968, not long after the 1967 Det...

A Plea For Peace - Signed by Rev. Albert B. Cleage, Jr - 1948 Amanuensis Monday 20 Sep 2011 | 08:58 am

A PLEA FOR PEACE and for AMERICAN DEMOCRACY Americans want and  CAN HAVE PEACE.  Many of us are shocked at the war hysteria evident in the President's message to Congress on St. Patricks Day.  We ...