"I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids--and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."
- Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"
Linda Allen B. Hollis
Title: George Washington in their Family tree, black sisters say - Thesis says he fathered slave - their great-great-great-great-grandfather, by Steve Groer, November 4th, 1996.
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Under Personalities, 1997
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Title: Whose Ancestor; Family Traces Lineage to Washington by Peg O'Connor, April 24, 1997.
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Title: Black Family Seeks Roots Beneath the Cherry Tree by Wendy Robinson, March 1997.
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Article from the Bradley University Hilltopics, by Nancy Ridgeway, summer 2003. Bradley University is Linda's alma malter where she received a B. S. Degree in Geology. She continued her...
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Under History section - Titled: Tracing a Very Familiar Face, Newsweek Magazine, November 1996.
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Title: Descendants of Slave's Son Contend That His Father was George Washington, by Nicholas Wade, July 7, 1999.
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Ford Family Reunion, Peoria Illinois.
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Linda and Mark Hollis at the 7th Gala of "Honoring our Heritage" for the Springfield and Central Illinois African American Museum. Linda was one of the speakers at the event where she...
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Award Acceptance for Elise Ford Allen for the 7th Annual Gale "Honoring our Heritage". From left to Right Ocheng Jany, Linda Allen B. Hollis, and Ernestine Lawrence. Photo credit...
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The siblings at the the 7th Annual Gala "Honoring our Heritage" in support of honoree, Elise Ford Allen, October 25th, Springfield, Illinois. Attendees left to right: Front, Joy...
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Siblings visiting graves of James O. Allen (husband of Elise Ford Allen), Major George Ford, (grandson of West Ford, and grandfather of Elise Ford Allen). Left to right: Joy Allen Stone,...
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Descendants and Sisters, Linda Allen Hollis, Angela Allen Henry, and Joy Allen Stone, stand by the old tomb of George Washington. In Ford oral history, West Ford's remains were...
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Linda Allen Hollis speaks about West Ford, her 3rd great grandfather, at the West Ford Community Day and Juneteenth Celebration on June 19, 2021, Martin Luther King Park. (Photo credit Mark...
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West Ford Descendants at the Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum Gala 2018. From left to right: Joy Allen Stone, Timothy Ford Allen and wife Patty, Anthony...
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Ford descendants visiting the eight family members buried at Camp Butler Cemetery. From left to right: Joy Allen Stone, Carol Adams Allen, Timothy Ford Allen, Linda Allen Hollis, Angela Allen...
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