I have spent the past few months doing a deep dive into the early colonial enslavement…
Tag: african american studies
The Moses Williams Project in the news: San Diego Free Press
Donya Williams, the four-times great-granddaughter of a man named Moses Williams, asked me if I would…
Why diversity matters for online genealogy service providers
Diversity. It’s a word that packs one heck of a punch. It has the power to…
A peculiar inheritance: slavery and the case for reparations in the US
The draft journal paper below was produced in answer to a general call for papers on…
A fascinating color-coded map of Africa’s diversity
Harvard University has created an interactive map which illustrates the ethnic diversity within the African continent. The…
The true value of the NAACP’s archive – is it just for historians? What about family historians and educators as well?
One of the national archives I would love to delve into online belongs to the NAACP.…