Dennis Watterson teaching his Burris Elementary kids about local Mitchell history – Video

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Dennis Watterson teaching his Burris Elementary kids about local Mitchell history
This is my old man giving an important history lesson to his 1993 fifth grade class from Burris Elementary in Mitchell, Indiana. This is a black cemetery nestled in the hills of Lawrence County, Indiana, Spice Valley Township, west of Liberty Baptist Church Road. The location is close to the farm, and also close to an old pioneer road near the Indian boundary line that William Henry Harrison established. My take on these folks? They were comfortable where they were. Most blacks of the time were going north to where there was industrialization. These folks didn #39;t. They even had the freedom to bury their dead in their own cemetery. And they probably had help from the "white" folks in the area. Frederick Douglass returned from his visit to Ireland with a new-found kinship of oppressed peoples. With the number of Irish in parts of southern Indiana at the time, I think these folks found kinship also. But I believe the human spirit is not inclined toward hatred. So maybe I #39;m a sucker. The underlying point is... What the hell is "white" anyway? Do you feel white? Do I? History lesson from Dad, and me. And commentary from Fred. Survey map, search for Lawrence County: alabamamaps.ua.edu Thanks Alabama. More on Indian boundary lines: en.wikisource.org On Frederick Douglass and Ireland: opinionator.blogs.nytimes.comFrom:Funk SoulBubbyViews:2 0ratingsTime:20:19More inEducation

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