I grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, but was born in Lafayette Louisiana.

n …not as surprised as Angela and even wrote about it. That makes me an American Descendant of Slaves. My grandfather who came from Louisiana was about one quarter black, and when he realized it, as a lawyer fresh out of Tulane law school, he emigrated up North, using his Irish name to blend into the Irish immigrant background and his law degree to earn a good living. Ironically, he bought the house where my father grew up in Newark, New Jersey, an all-white enclave …
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Dr. Allison Wiltz
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Mar 4, 2023
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I grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, but was born in Lafayette Louisiana. My mom graduated from Tulane Law school. Maybe some of our families knew one another. Thanks for writing this story. I enjoyed reading it.
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Black womanist scholar with a PhD from New Orleans, LA with bylines in Oprah Daily, Momentum, ZORA, Cultured. #WEOC Founder
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