James joined us to chat about The Battle of New Market Heights (VA) and the bravery…
Category: Black History
US history for the black American lens. Told through my ancestors’ stories and experiences.
S04 E16: The Black Archives of Mid America with Dr. Carmaletta Williams
The mission of the Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City, Inc. (https://blackarchives.org) is to collect,…
S04 E15: The Negro Motorist Green Book with Yoruba Richen
Professor Yoruba Richen is a documentary filmmaker who created the documentary specialization at the Newmark J-School.…
S04 E09: “Ruth and the Green Book” with author Calvin Alexander Ramsey
The Green Book: The Black Travelers’ Guide to Jim Crow America. For nearly 30 years, a…
S04 E08: When the Black and White Descendants of Enslavers Meet with Antoinette Broussard
Researcher, author, and etiquette consultant Antoinette Broussard joined us to discuss her journey as a genealogical…
S04 E03 Genealogy @ National Museum of African American History & Culture Library with Hollis Gentry
We were so pleased and excited to have Hollis L Gentry join us on the show…
S04 E02: The Slave Voyages Project with Dr. Nafees M. Khan
The Trans-Atlantic and Intra-American slave trade databases are the culmination of several decades of independent and…
GA Live! Book Club: “The House of Bondage, or, Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves”
Genealogy Adventures Live! Book Club In the first episode of Season 4, we launched our Genealogy…
Case Study: Researching Enslaved People Taken or Sold Downriver
The case I am working on couldn’t be more different. It involves the multiple movements of…
Using Slave Lists in Your Enslaved Ancestors Research
When it comes to researching enslaved people, finding the slavery-related documents they may appear in is…