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Earle Robinson tells the story of his great great grandparents, Zachariah and Mary Rebecca Nevitt Morgan, African Americans who homesteaded in Michigan's Charlevoix County. Robinson recounts Zachariah upbringing as a free Black in North Carolina and his family's eventual move to Haiti where he met and married Mary who was originally born a slave in Washington D.C. Zachariah and Mary moved to Michigan to farm and raise a family and were influential in the creation of the community’s infrastructure including building schools, churches, and stores. Mary lives to the age of 106. On the show "Takin' Care of Business". Date unknown. Broadcast on Michigan State University public radio station WKAR. Part of the Earle Robinson collection at the Michigan State University Libraries.