"America, Blackpeopletwitter, and Definitely: Ava Duvernay  @ava  Become your ancestor's wildest  dream  MELVINIA SHIELDS  1844 1938  THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO  THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF  MELVINIA ""MATTIE', SHIELDS:MCGRUDER  SHE WAS BORN A SLAVE IN  SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1844.  AT AGE 6 SHE WAS BROUGHT TO  HE NEARBY SHIELDS FARNM  IN WHAT IS NOW  REX, CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA  HER FAMILY WOULD ENDURE A  FIVE-GENERATION JOURNEY  THAT BEGAN IN OPPRESSION AND  WOULD LEAD HER DESCENDANT  TO BECOME  FIRST LADY OF THE  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  MICHELLE OBAMA  THEIRS IS A STORY OF HOPE <p>Ancestors are definitely smiling down at them (via /r/BlackPeopleTwitter)</p>"
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