Summer 2003 volume 99 issue 3 : letters
Re: Letters, Winter 2002
After a long hiatus during which I failed to keep Vassar informed of my changes of address, I finally received my first Quarterly (Winter 2002), which I enjoyed very much. A letter in the issue mentioned the previous year’s winter issue, 2001, which had an article on Anita Hemmings. While I attended Vassar, everyone was fascinated by Alex Haley’s Roots. Now, 40 years later, white families whose great-grandparents and grandparents passed as white are following his path in searching for their black roots. I have recently discovered that my father’s family also passed as white. I have written an article at the request of some of my children explaining my efforts to fill in the gaps in my own identity. (Visit Extras to read the article.) I welcome any comments or information readers might have.
Virginia Edwards Castro ’64
Blanco, Texas