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Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh

Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh

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A family’s legacy
Racial Identity

A family’s legacy

My eighth-grade teacher taught us as if the eighth grade was going to be our last year of education.

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    Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
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An ancestor’s escape from slavery
Slavery in America

An ancestor’s escape from slavery

My grandmother’s grandmother ran and hid with her baby under a log to escape her captors.

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    Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
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Civil Rights was just life
Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights was just life

When I was 14, I got all dressed up to see the national NAACP leader speak at the YWCA.

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    Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
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Working for racial harmony
Racial Unity

Working for racial harmony

I am a black woman so I felt my duty was to talk about race in a positive way, not dwelling on what we have been through.

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    Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
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Pushing forward as Baha’is
Bahai Community Building

Pushing forward as Baha’is

When Emmett Till was killed, many Baha’is said it was too bad, but we did not have the experience to address it.

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    Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
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Showing the way to survive
Racial Unity

Showing the way to survive

Once you deal with people who are persecuted you never really stop.

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    Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
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On raising black children
Racial Identity

On raising black children

As I get older, I find that my kids don’t need my opinion, they need my love.

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    Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
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