Another piece of Afro-American history preserved at Smithsonian National Museum

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In my home office, I keep two large black and white photos taken in 1905. This was 40 years after the end of slavery in the US. One is of my maternal grandmother, Arie Lee Lewis Thomas. She is four years old, standing next to a table, wearing a frilly white dress, stockings, and lace-up black….repubhubembed{display:none;}