How author Dionne Ford found healing in the story of her enslaved ancestors
How author Dionne Ford found healing in the story of her enslaved ancestors  
Podcast: NPR's Book of the Day
Published On: Wed May 03 2023
Description: NPR's Andrew Limbong talks with Dionne Ford about her new book, Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing. In it, Ford grapples with an old family photograph showing her great-great-grandmother, Tempy Burton, who was enslaved by Colonel W.R. Stuart, her great-great grandfather.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy