Interview with Jerome Lafayette Narramore
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Title
Interview with Jerome Lafayette Narramore
Date
26 September 2025
Is Part Of
Skidmore Saratoga Memory Project
Source
Descendants Oral History Project
Publisher
Shanleigh Corrallo
Description
This interview with Jerome Lafayette Narramore details the co-creator's surprising and intimate encounter with local Black history as a descendant, his deep dives into his family's lineage in Vermont and New York, and presents his reflections on being a descendant in this historical moment.
Jerome Lafayette Narramore is the Biracial son of one of the last openly Historically BIPOC Vermonters who was born and lived in Castleton, Vt. Narramore is an investigative genetic documentarian, author, and film producer. His focus lies in Historically BIPOC Vermont history and connecting it to the global historical record.
Narramore appeared in the PBS documentary, Your DNA Secrets Revealed, and in New York Times journalist, Libby Copeland’s book, The Lost Family. Narramore is seeking publication for his debut memoir which follows a son’s search for his mother’s concealed identity, revealing acts of terror inflicted upon an inconceivable Black World in Vermont during Jim Crow. Truth forces them both to reconcile with the institutional and cultural actions which tried to erase them and restore their identity. Narramore also lectures and is a Research Fellow with the State of Vermont’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Jerome Lafayette Narramore is the Biracial son of one of the last openly Historically BIPOC Vermonters who was born and lived in Castleton, Vt. Narramore is an investigative genetic documentarian, author, and film producer. His focus lies in Historically BIPOC Vermont history and connecting it to the global historical record.
Narramore appeared in the PBS documentary, Your DNA Secrets Revealed, and in New York Times journalist, Libby Copeland’s book, The Lost Family. Narramore is seeking publication for his debut memoir which follows a son’s search for his mother’s concealed identity, revealing acts of terror inflicted upon an inconceivable Black World in Vermont during Jim Crow. Truth forces them both to reconcile with the institutional and cultural actions which tried to erase them and restore their identity. Narramore also lectures and is a Research Fellow with the State of Vermont’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Language
English (En)
Type
Oral History
Bibliographic Citation
“Interview with Jerome Lafayette Narramore,” Skidmore Saratoga Memory Project, accessed May 7, 2026, https://ssmp.skidmore.edu/document/1477.
Citation
“Interview with Jerome Lafayette Narramore,” Skidmore Saratoga Memory Project, accessed May 14, 2026, https://ssmp.skidmore.edu/document/1480.
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