Back in the 1980s from the original founders of the descendents association, and i guess it stopped for a while, so i decided to start it up again. And i was reading the book, the slaveship clotilda and the makers of africa town. That is how i came up with the title. I was looking for a title, but you know, a lot of things were not ringing a bell. When i was reading her book, i was like oh wow, our ancestors just jumped at me. You greeted everyone and there was a point where you had descendents speak. How did you come up with your program . Well, growing up here in africa town and attending the missionary baptist church, there was a bust of cudgel lewis in front of our church all of my life, and back in 2002 that bust was destroyed by some kids acting up, and they decided to vandalize, and later, they put up a Historical Marker, and this Historical Marker had the founders of Union Baptist church, and there were several names on there, and growing up, i always heard about cudgel lewis,
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Vice president pence, senator Kamala Harris. Faceoff in the first and only vp debate. What to expect and how the night could impact the election. Plus boarded up and seeking shelter. Hurricane delta slams into mexico and heads our way tonight, tracking the storm, as it barrels toward a better gulf coast. Live from cnbc global headquarters, the fact, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening again tonight our nation is at an impasse. Many of us and those who lead us are dug in on how to tackle the coronavirus. How to shore up the lives and livelihoods of those caught in the covid crosshairs, the infection rate is climbing rapidly. That is not in dispute, but we as a nation are at odds about how exactly to live with it, how to fight and where to fold as we stare down the killer among us and what to do about the money that tens of millions of americans desperately need stimulus talks are stalled and many who suffer wonder right now if help is coming at all as our leaders play p
Vice president pence, senator Kamala Harris. Faceoff in the first and only vp debate. What to expect and how the night could impact the election. Plus boarded up and seeking shelter. Hurricane delta slams into mexico and heads our way tonight, tracking the storm, as it barrels toward a better gulf coast. Live from cnbc global headquarters, the fact, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening again tonight our nation is at an impasse. Many of us and those who lead us are dug in on how to tackle the coronavirus. How to shore up the lives and livelihoods of those caught in the covid crosshairs, the infection rate is climbing rapidly. That is not in dispute, but we as a nation are at odds about how exactly to live with it, how to fight and where to fold as we stare down the killer among us and what to do about the money that tens of millions of americans desperately need stimulus talks are stalled and many who suffer wonder right now if help is coming at all as our leaders play p
Vice president pence, senator Kamala Harris. Faceoff in the first and only vp debate. What to expect and how the night could impact the election. Plus boarded up and seeking shelter. Hurricane delta slams into mexico and heads our way tonight, tracking the storm, as it barrels toward a better gulf coast. Live from cnbc global headquarters, the fact, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening again tonight our nation is at an impasse. Many of us and those who lead us are dug in on how to tackle the coronavirus. How to shore up the lives and livelihoods of those caught in the covid crosshairs, the infection rate is climbing rapidly. That is not in dispute, but we as a nation are at odds about how exactly to live with it, how to fight and where to fold as we stare down the killer among us and what to do about the money that tens of millions of americans desperately need stimulus talks are stalled and many who suffer wonder right now if help is coming at all as our leaders play p