A colored man in Exeter / Volume 1 from the sketches of Lee collection/ By Michael Cameron Ward.

Title:

A colored man in Exeter / Volume 1 from the sketches of Lee collection/ By Michael Cameron Ward.

Author:

Ward, Michael Cameron.

Call Number:

920 W210 v.1

Publication Information:

Middletown, D.E.: Creative Plutonium, 2020.

Physical Description:

176p. 20cm.

Series Title:

Sketches of Lee collection; v#1.

Description:

"In the summer of 1957 the Ward family moved from Brooklyn, New York to Lee, New Hampshire to escape gang violence. It was an era when racial tensions were high and they were the first 'colored family' in the area. Needless to say, over the years they encountered many interesting experiences and created a storied life. They also became respected members of the community, led by parents, Harold and Virginia Ward, a couple with strong convictions and compassion.

Harold, Michael Cameron Ward�s 94-year-old father, was hospitalized in the beginning of May 2015 with only weeks to live. On the 20th he made a request of his son: 'Michael, I want you to write the stories of our existence. I want my great grandchildren to know where they came from.'

Then, as Michael sat beside his father�s bed on the 4th floor at Exeter Hospital, his father recounted stories of his life that had never been told before. If not captured, they would be lost forever. On June 9th, 2015 Harold died, and Michael has been fulfilling his father's request ever since.

The Sketches of Lee collection is not just the tale of a family's relocation in the summer of 1957 from Brooklyn, N.Y. to Lee, N.H. Rather, it�s a chronicle of family life as the 'Index of Integration' for Lee and other New Hampshire towns."

Subjects:

African Americans Anecdotes. New Hampshire , Race relations. , United States Anecdotes. Race relations History 20th century

Locations:

Exeter, (N.H.).
Lee (N.H.).

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Credit Line:

Gift of Rebecca Federspiel; September 2021;