Cherry Town Road Documentary
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Published 2022-07-05
Regardless of your affiliation with Cherry Town, we hope that this documentary inspires you to see the value in the settings and events that have been most impactful in your life.
In the words of James Baldwin: "History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about."
Anonymity does not mean "of lesser importance." Each of us constitutes the anonymous. Each of us is an integral piece of history.
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All Comments (21)
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I loved how much the older generation valued and fought for a better education for their children. The old pictures were wonderful. I enjoy documentaries and this did not disappoint! Great job, Lydia!
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What a beautiful beautiful blend of family, faith, education and community! In spite of hurts, hardships, and haters, we made it over!!!
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I appreciate the reminder of the importance of acknowledging our history's value. And the reminder that "The church is IN US- we are the temple of the Holy Spirit"... Amen and Amen
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This story was beautiful and unfortunately is prevalent in alot of small rural towns where predominantly older African Americans are still living. Brought back alot of my childhood memories. Lydia outstanding job on this documentary. I really enjoyed learning about your family and the community from which they came. You should be proud of how well you recorded the family history!! Job well done 👏!!
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What a great beautiful hidden history, and now not hidden anymore as you at The Language & Life Project have brought it to the light in producing and sharing this documentary! Thank you all and the citizens and families of Cherry Town for sharing their lives!🕊
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For all of us whos families are from small rual areas where our elders worked hard to aqire land we owe it to them to go back home at least once a year and teach our children the same. We can never allow the land that our elders worked hard to aquire to just lay barron and eventually revert back to the county or state.
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Don't let that teacher dictate your hurt of how she treated their justice from ALMIGHTY GOD you are Precious !
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I'm not sure why I chose this title, but I'm glad I did. What a lovely history lesson.
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hello , great share , thank you , for sharing🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰..........................
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I saw my first cross burning in 1977 at the age of 7 in Greensboro, NC. It was in front of my sister’s apartment complex when I was visiting her. My sister was shocked because she’s 25 years older than me.
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This was great! It shows the wonder and magic in everyday ordinary communities! It has caused me to remember the uniqueness of the community where I grew up but I daresay that even we did not have the cohesiveness that this community has had. It's a blessing! Thank you!
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Beautiful story!👏🏾👏🏾 I believe a lot of small towns are hurting due to the population moving. My grandparents were from Hazard and Clay City, Ky and the population is almost all White. It’s very sad that people are moving away. I’m working on a documentary about my family.
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I need this presentation. I'd FORGOTTEN how cohesive, and supportive we were of each other pre "Civil Rights Bill". I dare say, certain aspects of that bill led to the dissolution of the Black Culture in this country. Thank you.
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Amazing!! Loved this a lot of memories if being at my grandma's house
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I immediately thought of the Newland community of Elizabeth City that my father's ancestors hailed, when i began watching. I had no idea that Dr. Cherry would be linked to both! Just wow!
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For the blacks who never grew up down south really missed out. It seems the same in so many rural areas. Growikng up out community was full of families . We all went to same church. Rode bus together and all. It was jusglt black folk. We never thought about white folks because we never saw them. They did they thing and we did ours . Now its just a handful of us left here. Everyone moved away. Community is dead. But everyone really appreciated growing up in sucj community.
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Just drove thru there today. Im in sc not to far up the. Road from.there
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This is crazy. At 4:43am this popped up on my timeline. I grew up in this church, all family on this video. I'm from the Powell's in Hallsboro. Mary Powell's grandson Johnny. Wow
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Wonderful documentary!
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Very informative. It's good to know your roots. Looking in to my families history
