Collette Richards

60 Minutes Associate Producer; previously, CNN Investigative Producer. Bad at twitter, but always here. DM me with ideas - I am ready to listen.

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Congratulations to @60Minutes for being named a Finalist in the 2024 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for "The Girls of SOLA.”
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[Collette Richards @collette_rich]

I am heartbroken. Drew is unmatched as a journalist and person. It was a gift to work with you.

[CNN @CNN]

Drew Griffin, CNN’s award-winning Senior Investigative Correspondent, known for getting even the cagiest of interview subjects to engage in a story, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer. He was 60.
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When Karen Dixon-Rexroth saw the neighborhood “scary house” was for sale, she immediately called her brother Fred Miller, urging him to make an offer. After putting in a bid he was sure would be denied, he got the house—unaware of the property’s history https://t.co/45NShzrUk3

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After her brother purchased the Virginia property, Karen Dixon-Rexroth became obsessed with the house. She learned that in the 1800s, the house, named Sharswood, had been the seat of a major 1,300-acre plantation. https://t.co/tHbDJFmOpY

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Miller family cousins researching their ancestry have traced their family’s history back to one woman: Sarah Miller. Her great granddaughter, Marian Keyes, tells 60 Minutes no one in the Miller family spoke about slavery. https://t.co/fx7TY8ruWH

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“[Slavery] was something that every Black person knew you didn’t talk about. Your parents [would] tell you not to discuss grown people business,” Virginia resident Dexter Miller tells 60 Minutes. https://t.co/JRDd35YzWG

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At Sharswood, historic preservationists were interested in a dilapidated building behind the main house they suspected had once been slave quarters. Fred Miller, who owns both houses, says, “It’s kind of crazy for me just to even walk around out there.” https://t.co/dwctsm62b1

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During the Miller family’s research into Sharswood, they found documents that mentioned that the original owners of the house also had the last name Miller. Fred Miller and his family didn’t make the possible connection right away. https://t.co/AHaB61EfAg

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“This is absolute definitive proof… That her ancestors…were enslaved at Sharswood.”

Genealogist Karice Luck-Brimmer found the proof Karen Dixon-Rexroth was looking for to show that her ancestors had been enslaved on the property her brother now owns. https://t.co/8oKbMM5WZ2

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“They make me whole, even if I don’t know them. I felt a connection to them at Sharswood,” says Sonya Womack-Miranda about her family now owning property where her ancestors had been enslaved. https://t.co/uEx1GfY9qn

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“It’s God’s work,” Fred Miller tells Lesley Stahl about learning that his ancestors had been enslaved on the plantation he’d bought in Virginia. His aunt Brenda says, “It's like a full circle, like it was meant to happen.” https://t.co/b4wlHU6HcJ

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“We all live in the same area… and we would not know that our ancestors were right there beside us the entire time.” After discovering their ancestors were enslaved at Sharswood, the Miller family found the unmarked cemetery where they were likely buried. https://t.co/okq2CjsW2X

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“I want the story of slavery told. It’s important.”

Fred Miller is dedicated to preserving the history of Sharswood, telling Lesley Stahl, “This place will be open to anyone who wants to learn.” https://t.co/XswDpGbrMp

[Collette Richards @collette_rich]

@AnniePhilip140 Hi Annie, I am Collette with the US news program 60 Minutes. I am hoping to get in touch with you. Can you please send me a message on Twitter? Thank you!

[Collette Richards @collette_rich]

@JencySamuel Hi Jency, I am Collette Richards with US news program 60 Minutes. I am hoping to get in touch with you - could you please send me a message? Thanks!

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Cities, states and businesses brace for election unrest in US | @Bob_Ortega, @ColletteR_CNN & @evanperez https://t.co/fT4p9yo5FP

[Patricia DiCarlo @pdicarlocnn]

Law enforcement, FBI, cities, states and businesses brace for election unrest in US - via ⁦@DrewGriffinCNN⁩ ⁦@Bob_Ortega⁩ ⁦@evanperez⁩ ⁦@ColletteR_CNN⁩
https://t.co/of3V2Mi3sq

[CNN @CNN]

Customers have reported dozens of AmazonBasics products as dangerous, saying they melted, smoked or even burst into flames. The company quietly pulled some of them, but others are still on the market – and customers are in the dark. https://t.co/iWYzNd6sDL

[Matt Lait @MatthewLait]

Worth watching this @DrewGriffinCNN piece with @ColletteR_CNN and reporters @blakeellis3 and @melhicken