This Is Is a collection of fictional short stories based on historic narratives that bring to life the history of African American decent who lived in the south from Civil War and Emancipation through 1970 . Many of these brave African American traveled north to escape the oppression of southern poverty and the injustices of Jim Crow. These stories give us a greater appreciation of what our ancestors endured not only to find a new life but to explore their newly found freedom through education and so many more acts on our behalf.