Schoolteacher and she was the family historian and my mothers family who were all in new orleans and she was the keeper of the lower among others are klansmen and she had some papers and files and she had a way of speaking about our Family History that was like this, the one to remember is are klansmen, my grandfather, he was a redeemer and the redemption returned white people to authority in new orleans after they had been Just Launched and if he had not acted in the battle of liberty we would not be here today, anyway, when she died her papers went to my mother and when my mother died, this is decades later, her files came to me, her files and this is how i rediscover the story of our klansmen and wrote about it. You remember your aunt maude, it sounds like she spoke of, say his name. Its spelled constance, he was a French Carpenter raised and spoke french. Is it fair to say in your family he was heroic. He was heroic for 100 years, as were the clans people, the klansmen for most, th
Hello edward paul its nice to meet you. I feel a guy i know you for reading life of the clansmen it is so intimate i want to thank you for writing it. So i will dive in. You received and emotional inheritance from your aunt mod. Tell us what it was. As an elderly retired schoolteacher. Has some papers and files and speaking about Family History that was like this. With the clansmen. Because he is a redeemer and the redemption from new orleans after dislodged by the negroes. And otherwise would not be here today. So anyway when she died her papers went to my mother and when my mother died now decades later and how i rediscovered her family and wrote about it. You emulated her well. Its constance. Word to say he was heroic and her work for 100 years as will the clans people for most weight southerners. For the genesis after the civil war women challenge by black business and politicians within the civil rights. The memory and then was no longer family hero. Because they were the First Am
You received from your aunt. Tell the audience what it was. When i was a boy in new orleans in the late 1960s, i had an aunt named maude who was an elderly retired schoolteacher. She was a family historian and my mothers family. She was the keeper among others of our clansmen. She had some papers and files and she had a way of speaking about our Family History that was like this. The one to remember is our clansmen, my grandfather. He was a redeemer. The redemption returned in new orleans after they had been dislodged. And if you had not battled liberty place, we would not be here today. When she died, her papers went to my mother. This is now decades later her files came to me. This is how i rediscovered the story of our clansmen and wrote about it. You remember your aunt mod. You have emulated her well. It sounds like she spoke of [inaudible] constant, he was a french carpenter. He spoke french. Is it fair to say that he was heroic . He was heroic for 100 years. As were the clans peo
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