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    Contance G.  Wright and Jordan Wright
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    Contance G. Wright and Jordan Wright
    Rachel Falcone
    December 28, 2007 Griot Site-Based

    Constance Wright talks with her grandson Jordan Wright about growing up in Harlem with her brother Raymond and the advenutes they had in school, in the neighborhood, and on the subway. She also talks about raising her own sons, having...

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    Bernard Scott Rush and Nicole Rush Free
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    Bernard Scott Rush and Nicole Rush Free
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    April 18, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Bernard Scott Rush, 68, by his daughter, Nicole Rush (Maat Free), 35, about growing up in Mississippi then moving to New York City.

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