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# Durrell
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-generations-project/episode/durrell-8a2lto/
- Published: 2025-08-25T19:05:29.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-01T07:31:13.000Z
- Description: Durrell learns how his great-grandfather gained economic status during segregation.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Generations Project, Season 1, Episode 6, #ZZZ_Episode_1ef9d1e8-6d2f-4b90-86e7-86b91d397c14, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_3f966c24-7523-441e-b658-1a4de1e8fe71, #geo-us, #v1.16

As an African American with a southern heritage, Durrell assumed his great-grandfather was a farmhand, but an old photo reveals this ancestor wearing a suit. Puzzled and eager to learn more, Durrell travels to Columbus, Mississippi.