Lillie Mae Banks

Lillie Mae Banks tells her story about growing up in the rural Thomas County community of New Union. Even with the many trials in her life, Mrs. Banks continues to be an inspiration to all who know her.

The Bottom - Stores and Stories from West Jackson Street
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The Bottom - Stores and Stories from West Jackson Street

Inside America's Poorest County
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Inside America's Poorest County

Meet The Woman Who Learned That Her Mother Passed As White | Megyn Kelly TODAY
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Meet The Woman Who Learned That Her Mother Passed As White | Megyn Kelly TODAY

Black People with Red Hair - @LifewithDrTrishVarner  - Professional Genealogist Reacts
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Black People with Red Hair - @LifewithDrTrishVarner - Professional Genealogist Reacts

Harriet Tubman Brought to Life: Facial Re-creation & History of the Abolitionist & Union Spy
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Harriet Tubman Brought to Life: Facial Re-creation & History of the Abolitionist & Union Spy

The Plantation Master Who Left His Fortune to a Slave… and His Wife with Nothing
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The Plantation Master Who Left His Fortune to a Slave… and His Wife with Nothing

Man unknowingly buys former plantation house where his ancestors were enslaved
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Man unknowingly buys former plantation house where his ancestors were enslaved

Thomasville: A Place Apart, A Part of Place
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Thomasville: A Place Apart, A Part of Place

How Black Women Outsmarted the Enslavers with Shrimp & Grits
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How Black Women Outsmarted the Enslavers with Shrimp & Grits

Untold Stories of the Titanic: The Only Black Passenger
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Untold Stories of the Titanic: The Only Black Passenger

I'm 100 years old and My Kids Stopped Visiting. Here 's  What I Did.
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I'm 100 years old and My Kids Stopped Visiting. Here 's What I Did.

My Golden Retriever Heals a Terrified Rescue Kitten in Just 3 Meetings!
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My Golden Retriever Heals a Terrified Rescue Kitten in Just 3 Meetings!

Descendants of Africans on slave ship on reconciliation with family of Alabama enslaver
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Descendants of Africans on slave ship on reconciliation with family of Alabama enslaver

The Revolutionary Roots of Haitian Soup Joumou
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The Revolutionary Roots of Haitian Soup Joumou

The Forgotten Creeks (Full Length Documentary)
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The Forgotten Creeks (Full Length Documentary)

Top 20 Most Common Black Last Names & Where They Live
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Top 20 Most Common Black Last Names & Where They Live

Rare audio of enslaved people connects history to the present
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Rare audio of enslaved people connects history to the present

7 Slave Murders That Made Masters Flee the South
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7 Slave Murders That Made Masters Flee the South

Rejected at the Station, She Was Leaving Forever — Until the Cowboy Said, “My Twins Need a Mother ”
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Rejected at the Station, She Was Leaving Forever — Until the Cowboy Said, “My Twins Need a Mother ”

A Mafia Boss slapped a Black woman in public — not knowing she was Bumpy Johnson’s wife
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A Mafia Boss slapped a Black woman in public — not knowing she was Bumpy Johnson’s wife