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50% Wigan / 50% ATL ✌🏾 Watch me on youtube discussing my 31 year DNA journey & hear about my writing on the 4 links below 👇🏾⬇️👂🏾🎧👇🏾⬇️

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Cultureword 20/20: Ep 2 with David Yeates 👁️⚡

David has transformed his astounding search for the truth into a memoir 👏🏽

🕵🏽 As one of the ‘brown babies’ of the cold war, David @wiglanta went on a detective's journey to find his biological father, taking him from Wigan to Atlanta

🖋️ He shares with us the joys and difficulties of writing about this emotional personal history in his work Midday Plane to Georgia

Watch this fascinating interview at Youtube.com/Cultureword (link in bio) by @wiglanta

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Join us at the Museum at 4.30pm on Saturday, 7 November, for a fascinating talk by David Yeates.

In 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂, he'll share his life story and reflections on his heritage and identity which form the basis of his upcoming memoir 📖

David Yeates grew up in 1970s Ashton-in-Makerfield knowing he was different... but not knowing why.

In early adulthood he discovered he was the son of Steve Belcher, a black GI based at Burtonwood Air Base 🪖

In 2002, David travelled to Atlanta to meet his father for the first time, took a DNA test, and was welcomed into his extended African American family.

Tickets are FREE but must be booked in advance. Visit wmag.culturewarrington.org/whats-on by @wiglanta

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Talking on
#Northernvoicespodcast Soundcloud Link in bio 👍🏽

#memoir
#blackbritishhistory
#atlanta #wigan @soundcloud by @wiglanta

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18 days ago

#BlackHistoryMonth
#booksofınstagram
#atlanta #wigan
#1970s

@msgladysknight
@blackfestcreatives
@blackbritishwriters
@blackwritersguild
@conduitbooks
@blackequityorg
@northodoxpressofficial
@sthlibrariesandarts
@wigan_libraries
@warringtonmuseum
@beelitmag
@thedraftwigan
@mcrcityoflit
@stephengraham1973
@republicofwords
@mixedracefaces
@officialhackneyabbott
@butter.atl by @wiglanta

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👍🏽
Talking all things Burtonwood Airbase, family & beyond ..

#Haydock #burtonwood #wigan #atlanta
#BlackHistoryMonth

@cultureword
@sthlibrariesandarts
@themixedmuseum
@wow_fest
@sthbookstop
@sthelenscouncil
@sthelenscollege
@blackcurrentnews
@secret_atlanta
@nwnnewwritingnorth
@haltonlibraryservice
@wigan_libraries
@yourlivewirelibraries
@blackwritersguild
@forgotten_georgia_
@creativeloafingatlanta
@roughdraftatl
@sissaylemn
@whyiwritebattlefelton
@rainford_high
@jenbowden12
@atlantamagazine
@atlantahistorycenter
@butter.atl
@ajcnews
@mixedracefaces
@mixedup.podcast
@warringtonmuseum taken in Haydock Library by @wiglanta

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Talking all things Burtonwood, Wigan, Atlanta & more for Black History Month @wigan_libraries October 10th, 10.30 🤎
#blackbritishhistory #BlackHistoryMonth #wigan #memoir #booksofınstagram

@visitwigan taken in Wigan Library by @wiglanta

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11 days ago

Watch me discussing my DNA journey @themixedmuseum Link in bio
#DNA #Family #DNAjourney #brownbabies #mixedrace #blackbritish #Wigan #Burtonwood #Atlanta #Lancashire #ATL #burtonwoodairbase #AtlantaGA #blackhistory365 #blackhistory #mixedmuseum #blackgis #USarmy #booksofınstagram #memoir #literaryagents #book #bookpublishing
Pic by @_susanalexander_
🤎 by @wiglanta

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Haydock Library 👍🏽 Oct 7th, 6.30
#blackhistorymonth
#Atlanta
#Wigan
#memoir
#booksofınstagram
@sthlibrariesandarts
@sthbookstop
@sthelensstar
@sthelensknowsleycollege
@sthelenscouncil
@rainford_high
@warrington.scoop
@blackfestcreatives
@blackcurrentnews
@blackbritishwriters
@blackwritersguild
@butter.atl
@atlantahistorycenter
@secret_atlanta
@atlantamagazine
@mcrcityoflit taken in Haydock Library by @wiglanta

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15 days ago

Watch my DNA journey
Link in bio
#DNA #DNAjourney #Mixedrace #brownbabies #family #Wigan #Burtonwood #Atlanta #ATL #lancashire #AtlantaGA #blackbritish #blackhistory365 #blackbritishhistory #USarmy
@thelemonheadsofficial #blackgis #burtonwoodairbase
@themixedmuseum @penguinukbooks

Pic by @_susanalexander_
🤎 by @wiglanta

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a year ago

What is it like to have your family story go viral?

David Yeates (@wiglanta) is a cold war 'brown baby' who took part in our Reclaiming History Through Science project. His video interview telling of his search for his biological father has had over 500k YouTube views since it was published in April last year.

Read David's reaction to so many people engaging with his life history on @themixedmuseum's blog and watch the full video on TMM's YouTube channel, along with other wartime and postwar 'brown babies' stories. Links in TMM bio!

#mixedrace #BlackGIs #wigan #atlanta #dnatesting by @wiglanta

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6 months ago

#vinylcollection #vinyl
#booksofınstagram
#recordcollection #records by @wiglanta

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9 months ago

👍🏽
#warrington #penketh
#Burtonwood #Atlanta #Wigan
@friendsofpenkethlibrary @warrington.scoop @cultureword @warringtonmuseum @culture.warrington
@themixedmuseum
@sthlibrariesandarts @northodoxpressofficial @warringtonguardian @theoldcourts
@haltonlibraryservice
@theturnpikegallery
@mixedchickssorority35
@mixedracefaces
@blackcurrentnews
@stephengraham1973 taken in Penketh by @wiglanta

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