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Arkansas Granny

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1. The PBS show Finding Your Roots had an episode this week featuring Roseanne Cash.

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 05:08 PM

Feb 2021

They addressed this issue and found that there is African ancestry in her mother's family tree that no one was aware of.

It was a very interesting show. You might find a replay on your local PBS station.

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Why Hate Groups Went After Johnny Cash In the 1960s [View all] ItsjustMe Feb 2021 OP

The PBS show Finding Your Roots had an episode this week featuring Roseanne Cash. Arkansas Granny Feb 2021 #1

and as it turned out DURHAM D Feb 2021 #5

Johnny sang a song ("Thirteen") written by a "Devil worshipper"(Glenn Danzig) Mopar151 Feb 2021 #2

I saw this on Finding Your Roots about Roseanne Cash Boomerproud Feb 2021 #3

They found African ancestry on both sides of her families Bradshaw3 Feb 2021 #4

I tell people that whether you believe in creation or evolution, we all Arkansas Granny Feb 2021 #7

Ken Burns "Country Music" devoted a couple of minutes to this. lpbk2713 Feb 2021 #6

Johnny is one of the may people I admire and respect even if they've shown that they're not abqtommy Feb 2021 #8

I read recently that he was arrested 7 times but never leftyladyfrommo Feb 2021 #9

So I once knew gldstwmn Feb 2021 #10