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"I just can't imagine anyone in my family had anything to do with that"

Alabama Public Radio | By Brittany Young
Published March 8, 2018 at 1:43 PM CST
StoryCorps

When Kara Cresswell-Osborne was 16 years old, a disturbing experience at her grandparents' church in Montgomery, Alabama opened her eyes to the existence of racism in her family. 

In February of 2017, StoryCorps came to Mobile, Ala. and Kara shared this story with her mother Kimberly Geissmann in an open, honest conversation about family history, shame and racial acceptance.

WARNING: This story contains a quote where a racial slur is used...

Edited by Corey Carpenter
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Arts & Life Mobilealabama public radioMontgomeryracismSoryCorpsracial slurfamily historyshameracial acceptanceKara Cresswell-OsborneKimberly Geissmann
Brittany Young
Brittany Young is Alabama Public Radio's Program Director and Content Manager. Brittany began her public radio journey in the spring of 2015 as a news intern for APR while in graduate school at The University of Alabama.
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