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1
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What year was Hope born?

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1960

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What year was Odella born?

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1961

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When is Jacqueline’s birthday?

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February 12, 1963 on a Tuesday

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Where was Jacqueline born?

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University Hospital of Columbus

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What is Jacqueline’s full name?

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Jacqueline Amanda Woodson

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What were Jacqueline’s Southern great-great grandparents?

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Slaves in South Carolina

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Who is Jacqueline’s mother?

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Mary Ann Irby

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How old was Jacqueline’s mother when Jacqueline she was born?

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22

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Who is Jacqueline’s father?

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Jack Austin Woodson

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How old was Jacqueline’s father when Jacqueline was born?

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25

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What did Father want to name Jacqueline?

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Jack

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Who can the Woodson’s trace their bloodline to?

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Thomas Woodson, the first son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings of Chillicothe

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Where did the Woodson’s grew up?

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Nelsonville, Ohio

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Who are Jacqueline’s Ohio grandparents?

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Hope and Grace

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What is Grandmother Grace’s full name?

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Grace Vivian Whitfield Woodson

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What is Dell’s full name?

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Odella Caroline Woodson

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Who are Jack’s siblings?

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Ada, Alicia, Woody, and Anne

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Who was Jacqueline’s great-great grandfather?

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William J. Woodson, 1832, a soldier in the Union Colored Troops, Company B Regt. 5

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What sport did Father used to play?

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Football

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What did Father accomplish by playing football?

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Scholarship to Ohio State University

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Where does Father currently live?

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Columbus, the Big City, 60 miles from Nelsonville

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Where is Grace from?

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Greenville

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When did Uncle Odell die?

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March, 6 months before Odella’s birth

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How did Uncle Odell die?

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Car accident while on leave from the Navy

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Where does Grandma Georgina and Daddy Gunnar live?
Hall St, Nicholtown, Greenville, South Carolina
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When does Mother go to the South while she was still with Father?
During the winter and comes back in May
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How old was Jacqueline when she first went to the South?
3 months old
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How old were the kids when Mother and Father separated?
Hope: 4, Odella: 2 (almost 3), Jacqueline: 1
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What month was Odella born?
September
30
Who are the kids who live in Nicholtown?
Coraandhersisters, a boy with a hole in the heart, and 3 brothers
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Where does Mother want to move to after coming to the South?
NYC
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When did Mother leave to go to New York?
Late autumn
33
What happened to Sterling High School?
It got burned during a senior dance by angry white people
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Where does Daddy work?
Printing press
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On what days does Daddy take the kids to the candy lady?
Fridays
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What work does Grandma do?
Teach part-time and do house chores for white families
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What religion does Grandma follow?
Jehovah's Witnesses
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Who is Hope's mortal enemy?
The South
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What day does Dell and Jacqueline not wear ribbons?
Saturday/wash day
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Where was the home Mother found in NYC?
Bristol St, Brownsville, Brooklyn, NYC
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Where did Mother move to after the ceiling came down in the house on Bristol St?
Herzl St with Bernie, Peach, and Aunt Kay
42
How did Aunt Kay die?
She fell down the stairs
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Where did Bernie and Peaches move to after Aunt Kay died?
Far Rockaway
44
Aunt Kay's name is
Caroline
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What does Uncle Robert tell Jacqueline about making up stories?
To keep doing it even though Mother says she is lying
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When was Roman born?
1966
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What does Hope love?
Superhero comics and science
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Why did Roman go to the hospital?
He ate paint off the walls and got blood poisoning
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Where did Hope, Dell, and Jacqueline go after Roman was hospitalized?
South Carolina
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What school does Jacqueline go to?
P.S. 106
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Who is Jacqueline's 1st grade teacher?
Ms. Feidler
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Where is Kingdom Hall located?
Bushwick Avenue
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Who are the 2 other Jehovah's Witnesses in class?
Gina and Alina
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Why does Grandma have a full-time job?
Daddy is too sick to work
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How old was Roman when he was discharged from the hospital?
4 years old
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How does Jacqueline sing?
Left of the key, right of the tune
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Who is Jacqueline's best friend?
Maria, the Spanish girl who lives 2 doors down
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Where is Maria's mother from?
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
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Who is Maria's baby brother?
Carlos
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Who is Jacqueline's 2nd grade teacher?
Ms. Moshkowitz
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What was the first book Jacqueline wrote?
A butterfly poem book with 7 poems
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Where does everybody go to shop?
Knickerbocker Ave
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Where does Mother go to work?
Brownsville, 5 days a week
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What is Mother's favorite song?
"Family Affair" by Sly and Family Stone
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What was the family's response when Jacqueline said she wanted to be a writer?
It's a good hobby but she should be something else like a lawyer or teacher
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Why did Uncle Robert get mad at Jacqueline?
He caught her spray painting graffiti
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Where was the prison Uncle Roberts was in?
Dannemora, Rikers Island
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When was Daddy dying?
Early spring
69
After Aunt Kay died, where did Mother move to?
2nd floor of a pink house on Madison St
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What is Jacqueline's house number on Madison St?
1283
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What is Maria's house number on Madison St?
1279
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Where aren't Black people allowed to cross in Bushwick?
Wyckoff Avenue (where white people live)
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How did Daddy die?
Smoking
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Who inspired Maria and Jacqueline to walk with their fists raised?
Angela Davis, member of the Black Panthers
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After Daddy died, where did Grandma go?
She sold all her stuff and moved to Brooklyn
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What religion did Uncle Robert choose after getting out of prison?
Islam
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Who is Jacqueline's 5th grade teacher?
Ms. Vivo
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What did Ms. Vivo tell Jacqueline?
That she was a writer

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