'Good Morning America' co-anchor Michael Strahan visited Shankleville, a freedom colony in East Texas with roots that date back to the mid-1800s.
"There was a spring a few yards from here, and she was out, you know, gathering water, washing clothes -- so, he did his little call and she was like, 'This sounds like Jim's call.' And sure enough, it was Jim," Clay said.
Historically, recovering the names, contributions and stories of enslaved Black Americans has been extremely limited and Strahan is one of the lucky few to have access to his family's history. "If they have roots in this community, they will be buried back here in Shankleville," Phillip White explained.
Strahan also visited the Odom homestead, a house built in 1922 by A.T. Odom, another Shankle descendant, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. Lareatha Clay shows Michael Strahan the Odom Homestead, built in 1922 by a Shankle descendent, in Shankleville, Texas, Aug. 3, 2023.."Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan visited Shankleville, Texas as part of the 10 Million Names Project and to explore his own personal connection to the historic freedom colony.
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