Chances, if you’re a person of color, you’ve looked at your DNA results and spotted a…
Category: Black History
US history for the black American lens. Told through my ancestors’ stories and experiences.
In Her Own Words: The Rosa Parks exhibition at the Library of Congress
The Rosa Parks “In Her Own Words” exhibition at the Library of Congress is a powerful…
The full estate inventories for Governor Arthur Middleton of South Carolina, circa (1737) & grandson Arthur Middleton (1797)
with thanks to the Charleston County Public Library who digitized this document for Genealogy
S03 E08: Should descendants of enslaved Africans pay to access genealogical databases?
400 years of systemic identity erasure poses formidable challenges for the descendants of enslaved Africans in…
The 1766 estate inventory for Col. Thomas Middleton of Charleston, SC & Savannah, GA.
Some of the enslaved people held by Col. Thomas Middleton were the ancestors of the enslaved…
S03 E05: Searching for Black Confederates with Kevin M. Levin (on-demand streaming)
In this episode, we chat with educator, historian, and author Kevin M. Levin about his book…
GA S03 E03: Scotchtown: Enslaved family genealogy research with Jennifer Hurst-Wender & Andi Cumbo-Floyd
In this episode, we spoke with Jennifer Wender-Hurst (Preservation Virginia) and writer/editor Andi Cumbo-Floyd about the…
GA S03 E02: Gullah Geechee Genealogy with Althea Sumpter
In this episode, we spoke with researcher Althea Sumpter, who comes from the Gullah community in…