The Rosa Parks “In Her Own Words” exhibition at the Library of Congress is a powerful…
Category: Race & Diversity
Writings about race and diversity with an emphasis on the US.
Speaking Engagement @ the Virginia Family History Day Conference (14 Sep 2019 | Richmond, VA)
I will have the pleasure of presenting at this conference. I will be discussing the intersection…
The House Judiciary Committee Hearing’s session on Reparations (H.R. 40 and the Path to Restorative Justice) [live video & on-demand video]
Washington, D.C. – On June 19th at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution,…
Visiting Herschberg: A kind of homecoming
I leapt at the chance when my sister suggested we visit one of the places so…
How well do DNA testing services’ analytical tools handle DNA matches for highly admixed people?
It is fair to say the online genealogy community has been set alight with the launch…
Confirming Jason Futrell of Rich Square, Northampton County, NC as my 4x great grandfather
The new suite of genealogical and DNA analytical tools from MyHeritage has literally knocked my ancestry…
Case Study Part 2: Attempting to break through Thomas “The Immigrant” Christian’s brick wall
This case study is a continuation from Research case study: My lost connection to Thomas “The…
Research case study: My lost connection to Thomas “The Immigrant” Christian of Charles City County, Virginia
If you have been a regular follower of my recent genealogy adventures, you will know the…
The 1898 Phoenix Riot: Essex Harrison, Eliza Goode, and South Carolina’s black voter suppression
The current reports of black voter suppression in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida have made me…
Ghosts in the DNA: The lost diversity of early colonial Virginia
Nestled along the James River, Varina is a remote and quiet part of Virginia. Its vast…