Developed for the Linked Descendants meeting, May 2022 African American family history and genealogy researchers often find their work made more difficult or blocked altogether by the legacies of slavery…
Breaking news, March 28: “Trump Calls the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History ‘Divisive, Race-centered, Corrosive'” and issued an executive order to “redefine the narratives presented by the Smithsonian”…
TW: Violent imagery Originally published by Deceleration, a nonprofit online journal of environmental justice. Sign up for the Deceleration In Depth newsletter. Franklin Oliver Adams and wife Susan Drake Adams, my great grandparents…
Plantation. No matter the location, the word added to any conversation has weight, and with good reason. Plantations were known to be death camps for thousands of Africans, ripped from…
Beginning in the 1930s, my grandmother collected scores and scores of Native American artifacts: baskets and pots, cradleboards and garments, flutes and blankets. My cousins and I inherited these upon…
A few days before the spring semester was set to begin, I received a telegram-style email from Clarence White: “I love your writings and I think I fit in with…
Have you wondered what it would be like to discover a shared historical or genetic connection with another person defined by slavery? Or, while researching your ancestry, discover a link…
Fellow BitterSweet participant Sarah Eisner has just published a book, The Reparations Project, with her Reparations Project partner and co-founder, Randy Quarterman. The book is written in alternating chapters by Randy…
Edith Renfrow Smith’s 110 years of living reflects gratitude and determination. Her humble character is revealed through her joyous voice and her positive example of living. Edith Smith at 107…