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The House Judiciary Committee Hearing’s session on Reparations (H.R. 40 and the Path to Restorative Justice) [live video & on-demand video]

19/06/2019
Brian Sheffey
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Washington, D.C. – On June 19th at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution,…

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John Yeldell (aka Rev. Elijah Flemon): A 19th Century black political activist

02/11/2017
Brian Sheffey
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Born in Edgefield, SC at the end of slavery, John would go on to become a…

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If Donald Trump knew he had black relations, would this give him an epiphany?

26/09/2017
Brian Sheffey
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I rarely get personal when it comes to Genealogy Adventures. I definitely don’t air political views,…

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Hugh White Sheffey: a study in Northern ideals & Southern sensibilities

02/04/2014
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Hugh White Sheffey was a name I already knew and had become somewhat familiar with in…

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