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b'Join author Bernice Alexander Bennett and Angela Walton-Raji for a conversation about Tracing Their Steps- A Memoir.\\n\\nBernice\\xa0will discuss her journey to verify her grandmother\\xa0MaBecky\\u2019s story about a lot of land her grandfather Peter Clark, owned in Maurepas, La. Using the bits and pieces shared by MaBecky\\xa0and conducting painstaking research through an array of obstacles,\\xa0Bennett identified\\xa0the\\xa0land her 2x great grandfather acquired under the Homestead Act of 1862. But, he\\xa0was not alone: \\xa0other African American men also acquired land and supported each other in the application process.\\xa0Tracing Their Steps: A Memoir will take the reader on a journey to learn how the power of oral history can serve as a guide to capturing not only a beautiful family history, but untold African American history as well.\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1733648402/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=reseatthenati-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1733648402&linkId=a2b8626f0b2604ea0ee256e3dd8be82e'