1 Side Owned Slaves…

The other side started Black History Month. How a family heals

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By Sandhya  Dirks, February 19, 2023

“Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.” — Carter G. Woodson

There are many things from childhood that Brett Woodson Bailey doesn’t remember. Maybe it has to do with his cancer diagnosis at 4-years-old, living in the hospital for almost two years, undergoing intense courses of radiation and chemotherapy. He thinks that plays a part in why so much of his childhood is “hazy.” READ MORE