My Personal Connection

UBUNTU! I am because We are.

As executive director of the Susie King Taylor Women's Institute and Ecology Center, I have a personal connection to this history. My maternal great-great-grandfather, Major Martin, escaped slavery and served as a soldier with the United States Colored Troop, aiding in the liberation of enslaved Black people and the unification of this country.

Read my story in Atlanta Magazine, 2014 https://www.atlantamagazine.com/civilwar/the-overlooked-legacy-of-the-civil-wars-black-soldiers/

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