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Jill Marie Snyder

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In 2020, "Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters" won an award from the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, a prestigious national organization. The book is a rare collection of African American love letters. Written in the late 1930's, the letters are a step back in time to the years leading up to WWII.
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Interview on The Tom Ficklin Radio Show

My book Dear Mary, Dear Luther includes my parents love letters written from mid-1937 to January 1941. It also includes my family's saga from being enslaved in Virginia to today. On February 8th, I was interviewed by Tom Ficklin on his weekly radio show. I read portions of letters, discussed the process of writing the book and how it changed my perception of my parents and myself.

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