"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"
Dr. Judith Saunders and Kenneth Burton
Dr. Judith Saunders Burton, great, grandaughter of John Ford, brother of Major George Ford. Picture was taken at Mount Vernon at the slave cemetery. Her family's story is detailed in I... |
Photo of the cousins Linda and Judith at Mount Vernon Plantation. The ladies were on an official visit to present documentation on the Ford family legacy. |
Photo of a gathering with Dr. Burton. |
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Dr. Burton on the steps at Mount Vernon. |
Photo of Dr. Judith Burton and friends at Mount Vernon. |
Photo of Janet Allen, Linda Allen Hollis, Judy Burton and Joy Allen Stone on a visit to Mount Vernon. From LABH collection. |
Photo of Slave Memorial Stone at Mount Vernon Cemetery. |
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Photo of Dr. Judy Sanders Burton giving lecture in Gum Springs. |
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Cousins, Dr. Judith Saunders Burton, Linda Allen Hollis, and Ruby Saunders visiting the slave cemetery at Mount Vernon 1998. |
Photo Dr. Judy Saunders Burton and James Rees, once CEO of Mount Vernon at the tomb of George Washington. |
