I'm a big Genealogy fan. Its my hobby and past time. This Cheer goes to the Ms Vanessa Williams. She was the first Black Miss America! (forget the 'Penthouse' thing) You cant take away that she broke a barrier of race that hadn't been broken yet. A modern trail blazer if you wish. :)
Last Friday Night she was on the NBC show, "Who Do You Think You Are?" (I love this show, big CHEERS for NBC and Ancestry.com) In this show Ms Williams searches her family history through both lines of her family. If you didnt watch this, I think the episode is on hulu.com.
In her searching she finds that She finds out that she wasnt the only trail blazer in the family. She comes from a long line of them. Her one grandfather, whom was born free, gave up (potentially) his freedom to fight for the freedom of others in the Civil War. He also trail blazed in society by being married to a whits lady. Big cheers for them and for New York State for allowing this.
Her other grandfather was born a slave, yet found an education and after the Civil War became one of the first Black men to serve in Tennessee's House of Rep's. He was a teacher and also a Federal Judge, and in the 'southern' state of Tennessee. WOW!!! Its a great story.
So CHEERS to you Ms Vanessa Williams, and thank you for sharing your family history with us. It truly is an American History!!!
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