So many of us want to know our ancestors’ stories and find out more about where we’ve come from. DNA research has advanced our ability to find and learn about…
Prinny AndersonMarch 28, 2017
There is a problem I have been wrestling with for many years. One of the refrains I hear over and over among people working for racial reconciliation is the necessity…
Ken CollierFebruary 7, 2017
“Transcolonial kinship narratives seek to transform exploitative and dehumanizing social relations that characterized the European invasion of the Americas, and Eurocentric understandings of history, knowledge, power, citizenship, and humanity.” (Reyes-Santos,…
Alaí Reyes-SantosJanuary 19, 2017
-- Story by Quest Whalen, Class of 2019, Tuskegee University, submitted kindness of Dr. Lisa Bratton, Professor, Tuskegee University Dr. Bratton shared Ms. Whalen’s essay soon after their overnight at…
Prinny AndersonNovember 16, 2016
From South Carolina, my sister sends me this link about descendants of enslaved people and enslavers who come together at Wavering Place Plantation in Hopkins, SC. I am gratified that these…
Felicia FurmanJuly 6, 2016
While drafting the post Half-white Slaves of Aristocratic Masters at my blog, I acknowledged that Edward Ball, in his text, The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in…
Roger David HardestyJune 19, 2016
Reviewing a Book Review A few days ago, I got an email from a friend who has become a leader in the field of researching African American family histories, up…
Prinny AndersonFebruary 17, 2016
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