Marion Ransell Dobbins is an Ambassador of Truth, Researcher, and Educator. The Author is  a bridge connecting the dots between people and periods of time. She will be Presenting her talk about  "The Lost Black Communities of Merrifield, the Pines and Williamstown". 

Marion, recognized at National sites, such as Monticello and Mount Vernon. I am one of a few, Bi-Racial Living History Educators interpreting subject matters on Black and White relationships. Marion's  approach is to  provide  audience with a better understanding into the diaspora, or exodus of African Americans, through the Middle Passage, Slavery, Reconstruction, Segregation, and Jim Crow. The Authors presentation  benefits those persons wanting an in-depth overview of history and diversity. It provides an additional layer of understanding toward complex racial issues we are facing today.