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Thank God My Mother Isn’t Around to See This

Thank God My Mother Isn’t Around to See This

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The Muldrow Family Reunion, Prescott, Arkansas, 1937. My mother, the future Mamie Weems, aged 6, is seated in the front row, the first girl from the right. Her father, Calvin Muldrow, is seated directly behind her.

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