My grandmother escaped Jim Crow. Will we allow elder abuse to steal her legacy?
Doug Fort, standing with sunglasses on, is shown with his family members and his grandmother, who is sitting behind her walker. Photo - Courtesy Douglass J. Fort How East Palo Alto’s elders built generational wealth—and why we must protect it before it disappears. In the photograph accompanying this article, several generations of my family surround the woman at the center of our story. To some readers, it may look like an ordinary family picture. To me, it represents nearly seventy years of...
