tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61128653679794731182012-02-16T12:25:21.027-08:00Plot: A white woman who was raped by a black man gives the baby up for adoption.Traciy Curry-Reyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14314877863092405739noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112865367979473118.post-58005193990378790642011-04-13T07:08:00.002-07:002011-04-13T07:22:01.494-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-emoMpeCyTWQ/TaWuxKdbhhI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/SVSKad-EyM8/s1600/deepinmyhearttruestory1.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-emoMpeCyTWQ/TaWuxKdbhhI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/SVSKad-EyM8/s320/deepinmyhearttruestory1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595070271722325522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:130%;" >Deep in my Heart is based on the true story of Geraldine Cummins and her daughter Barbara Williams.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6112865367979473118-5800519399037879064?l=deepinmyheartgerrycummins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Traciy Curry-Reyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14314877863092405739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112865367979473118.post-64630712737442679872011-04-13T06:36:00.001-07:002012-01-25T08:38:30.132-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The True Story that Inspired the Movie Deep in My Heart</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >by Traciy Curry-Reyes</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Barbara Williams is African American and her mother, Geraldine Cummins, is White. They were reunited in 1996 after a 33 year separation. Geraldine 'Gerry' Cummins gave up her Black daughter for adoption after she was was raped by a Black man back in 1961. It happened in the winter of that year while Gerry was walking home after a late night movie. Out of the blue she was then attacked by a Black man and raped. She ran home to tell her husband, and they decided not to tell anyone and not to file a report. When she became pregnant it was unclear if the father was her husband or the assailant...that is until Barbara was born. Gerry and her husband decided after much thought to give her up for adoption. They told no one. Fast forward to 1983...Barbara decides that she wants to know the identity of her biological parents, and so she begins to search. It was at that time that she was informed of the circumstances of her adoption. A bit afraid, Barbara decided to contact her mother anway, and with great results. She found that he mother had never forgotten her, and that she had actually been expecting her call someday. They met in Boston and did a few talk shows in 1996. The movie premiered in 1999.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Tidbits</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gerry's husband passed away in 1985.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gerry has other children. 2 daughters and a son. One of her daughter's commented that her mother seemed so at peace now that everything was out in the open.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Barbara Williams lives in Minnesota.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6112865367979473118-6463071273744267987?l=deepinmyheartgerrycummins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Traciy Curry-Reyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14314877863092405739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112865367979473118.post-50203681028466718212011-04-13T06:15:00.000-07:002011-04-13T07:21:12.358-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZK1ianUnhc8/TaWkHDLxwCI/AAAAAAAAAZw/1YaoM4ZorNM/s1600/barbarawilliamsdeepinmyheart2.bmp"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZK1ianUnhc8/TaWkHDLxwCI/AAAAAAAAAZw/1YaoM4ZorNM/s320/barbarawilliamsdeepinmyheart2.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595058553098453026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O0WK4jXDlCY/TaWj0xnUYDI/AAAAAAAAAZo/2oSfJsHKBtA/s1600/barbarawilliamsdeepinmyheart1.bmp"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O0WK4jXDlCY/TaWj0xnUYDI/AAAAAAAAAZo/2oSfJsHKBtA/s320/barbarawilliamsdeepinmyheart1.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595058239144484914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4HuKhg3aLl4/TaWjK2UUAFI/AAAAAAAAAZg/29UM_MbDx8k/s1600/geraldinecumminsandherblackdaughter2.bmp"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4HuKhg3aLl4/TaWjK2UUAFI/AAAAAAAAAZg/29UM_MbDx8k/s320/geraldinecumminsandherblackdaughter2.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595057518852440146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LqJFcgRQw6c/TaWiXZRYDdI/AAAAAAAAAZY/PImxD_BnzS4/s1600/geraldinecumminsandherblackdaughter.bmp"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LqJFcgRQw6c/TaWiXZRYDdI/AAAAAAAAAZY/PImxD_BnzS4/s320/geraldinecumminsandherblackdaughter.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595056634882166226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Geraldine Cummins and her African American daughter Barbara Williams reunited after 33 years.<br /><br />Photos courtesy of Jet Magazine May 13, 1996<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.moviesbasedontruestoriesdatabase.blogspot.com/">To read more true stories that have been made into movies visit the Movies Based on True Stories Database</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6112865367979473118-5020368102846671821?l=deepinmyheartgerrycummins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Traciy Curry-Reyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14314877863092405739noreply@blogger.com0