Treasure in a Tin Box

Trinkets become heirlooms - treasures rich with history?En route to Washington, D.C., to celebrate the victory of Brown v. Board of Education, Tobias Bascom settles into his seat on the train. In his hands he holds an elegant, old tin box containing what seems to be very ordinary items - that are far from ordinary?As Tobias props opens his inherited tin box carefully passed on to each generation, he unveils a "time capsule" spanning the last 130 years of family history.Sit with Tobias...
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Trinkets become heirlooms - treasures rich with history?En route to Washington, D.C., to celebrate the victory of Brown v. Board of Education, Tobias Bascom settles into his seat on the train. In his hands he holds an elegant, old tin box containing what seems to be very ordinary items - that are far from ordinary?As Tobias props opens his inherited tin box carefully passed on to each generation, he unveils a "time capsule" spanning the last 130 years of family history.Sit with Tobias as he reveals the stories of each treasured item kept safely in his tin box. True hardships of slavery and segregation surface, spotlighting the difficulties the following generations had in shaking off their deep-seated fears and traditions.