what made you choose the civil war and reconstruction? well, you know, america is kind of like a big family that tore itself apart during the civil war. and in order to make peace, we told ourselves a certain story about it. and for a long time, we had trouble telling the difference between that story and the truth. you can ask me anything you want. what did you want to do when you were little? and you have a backup for that if you couldn t get that? when i was really little, i wanted to be superman. when i got a little bit older, i wanted to be an anthropologist. do you know what an anthropologist is? somebody who goes around the world and studies the ways other people live. like this? kind of like this.
remorseful in any way. he did make one comment and stated that they were both buried in the kitchen, under a large amount of concrete and it would take a significant amount of time for their recovery. we knew that about the 23rd of february, innes started buying gravel, kitchen cabinets and other tools that obviously would be used for diy. and on the 24th, a skip actually arrived at the property. so we now know that innes ripped out his kitchen, ripped up the floor and was in the process of installing a brand new one. so the challenge for us was we didn t know where bennylyn and jellica were. we didn t know if there were other victims within that property. so in that regard, we enrolled the help of various experts from the uk and further afield, an archaeologist, anthropologist
it s a major project by volunteers, parishioners, and decendents of those buried there. reporter: behind the sacred heart chapel in bowie, maryland, a long forgotten cemetery. the jesuits founded a church here and a plantation that kept people enslaved, including kevin porter s ancestors. this is where they lived. this is where they came to commune after laboring all day. reporter: as the catholic church acknowledges, this horror of its past, its archdiocese in washington recently brought in an anthropologist to map and document grave sites. as volunteers, including church members and some seventh and eighth generation decendents swept and raked away centuries of debris, they saw graves, stones, grave markers and indications of burials.
show before and we are happy to invite you back. thanks for being here on the velshi banned book club. there is so much of sura in their eyes were watching god. tea cake, inspired by one of zora s partners. dr. perry, i want to ask you. much of the book takes place in eaton berg, florida, where zora was raised. you ve studied the south and you know it well. is this an example of writings writing what they know about, or how much do you find this to be autobiographical? certainly, it s her writing what she knows about. you have to remember that sort of a strength as an anthropologist to what he knows about is pretty extensive. she was writing against a backdrop of, a period when people thought that southern black rural culture was in decline. it was dying out. and part of her objective was to show, know it s vibrant. it s. rich is complex. so, she captures that. she has these vivid characters
civil war and reconstruction? well, you know, america is kind of like a big family that tore itself apart during the civil war. and in order to make peace, we told ourselves a certain story about it. and for a long time, we had trouble telling the difference between that story and the truth. you can ask me anything you want. what did you want to do when you were little? and you have a backup for that if you couldn t get that? when i was really little, i wanted to be superman. when i got a little bit older, i wanted to be an anthropologist. do you know what an anthropologist is? somebody who goes around the world and studies the ways other people live. like this? kind of like this. people are having to come to grips with the civil war, and enslavement, which are sort of the founding bases of the country. our country is like a really