Family

Great-Great-Grandparents		The Younger Phillips
“Phillips”		The Great Migration moved 6 million African Americans out of the rural south to the Northeast 1890-1970.
Great-Great-Grandparents		The Older Phillips
“Lillian C. Phillips”	“Jessie Phillips”	Agrarian Society 1930’s Mr. and Mrs. Lillian C. Phillips, born on February 12, 1896 in Tallahassee, Florida left their sugar cane farm in 1937, and moved to Ithaca, New York.
Great-Grandparents		The Jacksons
“Annie M. Jackson”	“Samuel M. Jackson”	Industrial Society 1940’s Mr. and Mrs. Annie M. Jackson left Ithaca, New York, and opened a successful Soul Food Restaurant in Rochester, New York.
Grandparents		The Johnsons
“Carolyn M. Johnson”	“Robert Johnson”	Industrial Society 1950’s Mr. and Mrs. Carolyn M. Johnson left Ithaca, New York for better economic opportunities in Rochester, New York. Mrs. Carolyn Johnson worked at Bausch & Lomb while Mr. Robert Johnson worked for DuPont.
The Parents		The Babatus
“Kwesi and Rachael”	“and Mathew”	Information Society 1970’s Mr. and Mrs. Phyllis Babatu left Norfolk, Virginia and Rochester, New York and began working at Western Southern Life Insurance Financial Group and Cincinnati Public Schools.
The Kids – Mathew and Rachael
“Mathew and Rachael”	“Mathew and Rachael”	“Mathew and Rachael”