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A mosaic of African American autobiography and family history set in Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas from the 1920s through the 1950s. The author shares rural, family and community history through vignettes about the Motley family - stories that have been passed among family members for 50 years.

Supplemented by recollections from the present era, "Tell Us a Story" is a colorful mosaic of African American autobiography and family history set in Springfield, Illinois, and in rural southern Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas from the 1920s through the 1950s. Shirley Motley Portwood shares rural, African American family and community history through a collection of vignettes about the Motley family. Initially transcribed accounts of the Motleys rich oral history, these stories have been passed among family members for nearly fifty years. In addition to her personal memories, Portwood...