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Meet the Author: E. Dolores Johnson with Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love

Presented by American Ancestors at Online/Virtual Space

Aug 25 2020
Meet the Author: E. Dolores Johnson with Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love

Scared by a local lynching and mandatory prison time for violating Indiana’s anti-miscegenation laws in 1943, E. Dolores Johnson's black father and white mother fled Indianapolis and secretly married in Buffalo, then hid from authorities and her family for thirty-six years. She simply vanished, evading FBI and police searches that ended by declaring her the victim of foul play, either dead or kidnapped by white slavers.

She talks about her family history and her new memoir in this public ... view more »