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Ann Banks

Ann Banks writes about ancestors who were on the wrong side of history on her website Confederatesinmycloset.com. She is a member of Coming to the Table, a racial justice organization that brings together descendants of enslavers and descendants of the enslaved.

Karen Orozco Gutierrez and Ann Banks returned to Alabama to visit the area where Banks' ancestors had enslaved people, including Orozco Gutierrez's ancestor Milton.

Two Women, Their Lives Connected by American Slavery, Tackle Their Shared History

One descended from an enslaver, the other from the people he enslaved. Together, they traveled to the Deep South to learn their families’ pasts