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Metcalf - Collins - Johnson Family
What do we know about...
Our Legacy
We believe the celebration began about 1947
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Mississippi was still deeply segregated. However, rumblings of change were beginning to emerge.
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Black communities, accounting for roughly 45% of the state’s population.
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the Mississippi Gulf Coast experienced a hurricane
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Housing cost $12,400.
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our family was gathering under
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Mary Hill's Tree
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Mary Hill
We all know and heard the story this started out as a birthday celebration
Parents Green Hill & Annie Wright
Sunrise Aug 28, 1863
Sunset Sep 23, 1957
It was stated that she was proud of her family and her health - one of her sayings - I have my health and strength, all my teeth and i can see how to thread a needle"
Note: they were both born into slavery
M C J
Metcalf * Collins * Johnson
C and J is from their children spouses. Ida Bell married a Collins, Mattie and Maggie married Johnsons from two different families.
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