In 2005, I thought that it was about time that we started the conversation: about who we are, and where we came from:
Time to differentiate ourselves from Emma Lazarus' "... huddled masses, longing to be free..." (of the 20th Century).
Recognizing that, more often than not, perception creates a reality of it's own.
Amelia Evans Greene
Almeter Drakeford Harris
Ruth McCarley Harris and daughter Bobbi Harris Burkes
Frank Harris Sr. 1954
Johnnie Harris Jr. 1953
LJ Harris-1945
Oscar Harris 1945
Lela-Mae Harris 52'
Walker Jones 1950 (est.)
Sunman, Bigmama, & Johnnie Lee 1979
Author Profile:
_ Graduate of the Barney School of Business, University of Hartford, 1983
_Graduate of Central Connecticut State
_ former bodybuilder au naturel.
_ insurance underwriter turned social historian.
Mother bore five children with my father; James Jr., Yours Truly, Shirley, Roger, and Don. She also bore five children with my step-father; of which, only William Jr., and Starlene is pictured here. The other three, born after this picture was taken, are Alice, Tewanna, and David Bowling.
In this childhood picture Jim & I had recently moved up from the South, and was trying not to look "too country".