Ben Howard lived through almost the entirety of the twentieth century. He was born the son of a slave and sharecropper in 1902. He died in 1994. Now, his daughter Dorothy Okeefe shares her story and the legacy of courage and conviction her parents left her. Under the Chinaberry Tree is an amazing testament to one family's unbreakable bonds of love and loyalty.
Ben Howard was a black man in the Jim Crow South, which was eating itself up with hatred and bigotry. Many would have decided to keep their heads down and not stand out, but Ben took a huge risk the second he...
Ben Howard lived through almost the entirety of the twentieth century. He was born the son of a slave and sharecropper in 1902. He died in 1994. No...
