The Legacy Of Charity's Children

The Long Goodbye - Part 2 December 23, 2024 He vowed he would not stay in a place that USED his people that way and she would not go, The conclusion of The Long Goodbye. The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC. Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer: Patricia Smith Griffin Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer: Jared Gr...

The Long Goodbye - Part 1 November 26, 2024 The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC. Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer: Patricia Smith Griffin Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer: Jared Griffin Producer & Director: Tamara Calvert Oral History Consultant: Carolyn Lander Additional Voices provided by: JaQuelynn...

July 21, 2024 Joseph J. Wheelers Africatown Prologue Africatown : Season Two of The Legacy of Charity’s Children opens with a survivor’s perspective. Documented accounts vividly detail the pro slavery mob attacks, and outline the exact location of attack on the Dayton, Ohio community of Africatown--a Black community that thrived within the Antebellum period. The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a p...

Story Six: March 9, 2023 Out of The Smoke and The Ashes: The Founding of the First Wesleyan Methodist Church by the United Daughters of Zion. The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC. Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer Patricia Smith Griffin Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer: Jared Griffin Producer: Tamara Calver...

Story Five: February 13, 2023 **You can read Story Four, The Cauldron, at CharitysChildren.org ** Africatown: Actual accounts of the 1841 pro-slavery mob attacks on Dayton’s thriving Black community Featuring the song "Black Joy" by Mukamuri The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC. Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer Patricia Smith G...

Story Four: February 9, 2023 The Cauldron: Additional research on the events surrounding attacks on Dayton’s Black community throughout the 1830’s and 1840’s. Available only on the website, charityschildren.org .

Story Three: January 26, 2023 Firewatchers: The backdrop, the back story to the attacks on Dayton’s prosperous 1830s Black canal Community called Africatown… on The Legacy of Charity’s Children The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC. Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer Patricia Smith Griffin Original scores by Music Director & A...

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Story Two: January 12, 2023 Inspiration: The introduction of our family story. Historical documentation helps to verify family written and oral histories of John (Isaac) Davis’ 1802/1803 arrival in the Miami Valley of Dayton, Ohio. The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC. Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer Patricia Smith Griffin Ori...

Story One: December 29, 2022 I Am My Ancestors Wildest Dreams: A Mission Statement… for the Charity’s Children Project highlighting objectives for the Educational Initiative, Archival Preservation, and short story podcast series, “The Legacy of Charity’s Children.” The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project, Inc. Created, Written & Narrated by Executive...

Chronicling the life of Charity, the daughter John Issac Davis brought to the Miami Valley of Dayton, Ohio, in 1802. “The Legacy of Charity’s Children,” currently in production, is a short story podcast series illuminating the life of Charity Davis Ceasar Broady and generations of her descendants.