Faded Sketch Propels Families Across a Racial Divide
5th Sep 2005, 17:25 GMT
An elderly black woman drove up to the sand-colored mansion of a frail old white man in Prince George's County. She parked and walked slowly to the back entrance, as if by instinct. Under one arm, she carried a framed, faded sketch. Under the other, a roll of genealogy charts.
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