Genealogy Adventures

Mary L. Beal (author) and centenarian Mother Lucille D. Shazier joined the show to talk about Beal's book "How to Live Well Past 100 Years" - a book about Mother Lucille's life.Beal has been intrigued, amazed, fascinated, and stunned by the wisdom, strength, and tenacity of mature women. Their lives and experiences span the gamut of obstacles, triumphs, successes, and "ups and downs." Born to Georgia sharecroppers, Mother Lucille D. Shazier's life epitomizes, exemplifies, and summarizes this profound truth through tales Beal and Mother Shazier, who joined us halfway through the programme, shared on the show.Book link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RSB5XKQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1&fbclid=IwAR1wj-r_J49_mbCt3azY1XM1xzjRmPUyMM09DtIJrm8MUgfWH6gLmKXNHAw Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Say their names... Anarcha, Lucy, Betsy! Without these three women, the study of Gynecology would not be where it is today. Join us as we talk about the 3 enslaved mothers of Gynecology and learn about the wonderful way they are being honored.Our scheduled guest unfortunately could not join us for the conversation. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you have a family member disappear during slavery? Do you think they ran and went into hiding? As we close out Black History Month we always have to throw a little genealogical research in the mix. Dr. Shaun Wallace (Bristol University, UK) joined the show to talk about a project he has been working on for the past few years: The forthcoming Fugitive Slave Advertisement Database. The database will host United States newspaper “runaway ads” enslavers posted to try and locate enslaved people who made their bid for freedom. Dr. Wallace spoke about the history behind these ads, as well as the types of information the ads contained - including genealogically useful clues. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor William Horne of Villanova University walked us through the least discussed time period in African American history. It should have been the start of the U.S.A. version 2.0. It was a brief time period when African Americans were on the road to attaining equity and a seat at the table before the Jim Crow Era stripped that progress away in terms of Black legislative policymaking.In this episode, we spent the hour discussing aspects of Reconstruction that have not been publicly discussed. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ja'el "YaYa" Gordon returned to the show to share, teach and explain slavery in Louisiana. Get ready for another knowledge-dropping show while learning ways to research in Louisiana.Below are links to the 2 maps shown during this episode:1. Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern states of the United States. Compiled from the census of 1860 via https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3861e.cw00132002. La Tourrette's reference map of the state of Louisiana: from the original surveys of the United States, which show the townships, sections, or mile squares, Spanish grants, settlement rights & c., also the plantations with the owners names engraved thereon via https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4011g.ct001895 Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mac & Cheese, Collard Greens, and Fried Chicken, these foods are associated with what most call soul food. Tonya Hopkins, the Food Griot joins the show to talk about why African American food has had such an influence on American culture.The conversation was so good, Tonya will be joining us again for a Part 2! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deborah Fountain is the Lead Genealogist and the History and Research Subcommittee Chairperson on the Natchez USCT Monument Committee. We talked about the steps taken to get these USCT Army and Navy troops honored with a memorial, her family's connection to this history, and ways you can research whether your ancestors fought with the USCT in Natchez. Deborah also discussed the steps that were taken to be a part of something as simple as the Wreaths Across America ceremony. This is a ceremony that happens every Christmas where wreaths are placed on the graves of soldiers throughout the United States. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Congress ended the United States' participation in the international slave trade in 1808, enslavers and would-be-enslavers could no longer import additional slaves from Africa or the West Indies. There was only one practical way of increasing the number of enslaved laborers: through "natural increase".By the 1820s, established enslavers and prospective enslavers relocated to places previously unavailable for settlement in large numbers. Places like lands cleared of Native Americans in Georgia. The nascent European and New England textile industries were starting to thrive: an expanding Cotton Kingdom required new laborers. So too did Louisiana's Sugar Empire. These economic developments needed an increased enslaved labor force. Human beings known as breeders, enslaved men and women, were the answer to forestall any potential shortfall in the labor required to feed these burgeoning industries.We are taught almost nothing about the breeding farms whose function was to produce as many slaves as possible for the sale and distribution throughout the South.In this episode, we talk about how to recognize a breeding farm when reviewing Slave Schedules and other slavery-related business records – and how to formulate a research strategy to research the children of breeders.Resources referenced in this episode:"American slavery as it is; testimony of a thousand witnesses": https://archive.org/details/americanslaverya00weld/page/182/mode/2up?q=breeding"A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry in the United States":https://kottke.org/16/02/a-history-of-the-slave-breeding-industry-in-the-united-states?fbclid=IwAR3WsQ0xuuKyKlBGdKUQjJhw0si1V2QJknsAKKXV2YA8mPXrch9P9k7GBcESlave Valuations: https://www.sciway.net/afam/slavery/flesh.html?fbclid=IwAR3U9i4zti2Apfn56XulItcQpVQaA5RnNJbcxYvGhOTyur4rBKy-bA0W80I Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a rare episode that mostly used visuals on-air. You may prefer to view the tv episode to see the maps and records that were discussed on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vZPu0_KMceQThe global demand for cotton set off a forced migration of enslaved people with close to one million being transported to the Deep South between 1790 and 1860. The importation of captured Africans ended by 1808, which meant that much of the demand for labor within the United States was met by selling slaves who were born in one of the slave states. The colonial period saw enslaved people from the upper colonies shipped to the lower colonies.Each voyage required documentation like a ship manifest. Thousands of these manifests have survived to the present day.In this episode, we talk about:- How important these records are;- How to use ship manifests in your research; and- Where to find them in physical and digital formats Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Original surviving slave cabins and tenant farmer cabins have largely disappeared from the United State's landscape. The humblest of dwellings, they stand as a poignant and powerful reminder of a time that the United States would rather forget. These buildings stand as a testament to the strength and resilience of the enslaved, and then oppressed, people who once lived out theirs within them. Jason Church joined the show to talk about the preservation of slave and tenant farmer cabins. He is currently engaged in creating holograms of surviving structures. He shared his passion for the work, its importance…and what goes into creating and managing such a unique preservation project. This project is part of The National Center for Preservation Technology, which falls under the National Park Service.Jason is the Chief of Technical Services at NCPTT. He coordinates and works to further develop the Center's national cemetery training initiative and related research. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Poignant and moving beyond measure: the newspaper advertisements placed by formerly enslaved people looking for loved ones from all over the United States can be packed with genealogical researchable information. The names of family members left behind, the names of enslavers, and places of enslavement often feature in these adverts. The emotion and longing behind their desire to re-connect with long-lost family due to slavery leap out in so many of the adverts that were placed.In our research, we have found ads which date from 1863 to 1902. Newspapers like Philadelphia's Christian Recorder, the newspaper of the AME Church; New Orleans' Black Republican, Nashville's The Colored Tennessean, Charleston's South Carolina Leader, the Free Men's Press of Galveston, Texas, and Cincinnati's The Colored Citizen represent a handful of papers which ran these advertisements.While the language used is sometimes sparse, the ads represent the deep family ties that endured through slavery, the Civil War, and beyond slavery - despite the best effort of enslavers to sever those ties. In some instances, the ads were placed decades after the family members had last been in contact.In this episode, we talk about the genealogical importance of these ads for African American genealogists…and where to find them.We were so pleased to welcome Prof. Judy Giesberg of Villanova University to the show. She is the director of the Digital project "Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery". We are excited to have her join the conversation.The Information Wanted website: http://informationwanted.org Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our book clubs have become so popular that we can't wait for our third book chat!Black narratives of the Civil War are few. Susie King Taylor's 1902 slender volume, "Reminiscences of My Life in Camp", is written with earnest simplicity. Her account records the wartime camp experience of a woman born into slavery who was a regimental laundress and nurse in the Thirty-third United States Colored Infantry for 4 years. Like our other book clubs, this book will stay with you long after you have finished reading it. And there are some surprising things Taylor says about the lived Black experience in America at the time of publication (1902) that directly link to events that have occurred in the very recent past. You can download the book for free via https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofm00tayl Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Society of the First African Families of English America is a lineage organization that seeks to inform its members and the public of the historical significance of the first Africans who arrived in English America, and how they forged the beginnings of our country's democracy. The Society of the First African Families of English America promotes the relevance of these early beginnings and connects them to the present day.Ric Murphy joined us to answer questions about the Society as well as share the Society's mission and strategic vision - and why this is so important. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you have ever wondered what goes into a county archives digitization project...you won't want to miss this show!Rosemary McFarland joined the show to talk about a records digitization project that is currently happening in Kentucky. This promises to be an interesting glimpse into how a state or a county prepares to digitize its history public records and other genealogically useful documents and resources. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Those who have taken a DNA test know the initial thrill that's felt when the results come in. We know the excitement in talking about our results with others…as well as sharing other family members' results with them if we are managing their DNA test kits.Imagine taking our excitement about our results, or our family members' results, to an entirely different level. How would you feel if you could see a virtual DNA result for an ancestor who lived long ago?Kevin Borland joined the show to talk about a company that has this as a feature: Borland Genetics. Kevin talked about other Borland tools, small cMs and DNA matches, and more.Borland Genetics is a unique autosomal DNA database where users create public DNA profiles for their deceased ancestors, using the tools and methods provided on the site. Subscribers will not only be matched against the DNA kits of living donors – they will typically find user-sourced reconstructed DNA kits for individuals who lived long ago. Kevin is the company's Founder and President. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Evelyn McDowell joined the show to talk about this special African American lineage society and the work that it does. Founded in 2011, it is a society for descendants of individuals enslaved in English colonial America and the United States of America from 1619-1865. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of our freed and enslaved ancestors.Sons & Daughters of the U.S. Middle Passage: https://sdusmp.org/ Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Louisiana-native Ja'el Gordon is a historian and genealogist who specializes in interpreting antebellum history, genetic genealogy, and conducting oral history interviews. Always staying true to her Louisiana Creole and Cajun heritage, Ja'el has over fifteen years of experience as a professional researcher with a special focus on the Deep South plantation history. Her expertise also includes repository research, collection curation, exhibition installations, transcribing and indexing, cemetery preservation, database management, and conducting genealogy and history-related workshops. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elizabeth's DNA Journey began in 2016. After her mother was diagnosed with cancer, she decided to take a DNA test. She hoped the results would expedite the search for her ancestors. This was a journey she wanted to share with her mom. After sending DNA samples for herself and her parents, she discovered she had a different biological father. Over the next four years, her journey would have her find her birth father, nine siblings, and a living aunt and uncle. Elizabeth's approach to engaging her new tribe was both a blessing and inspiring. Elizabeth is a Maryland resident. She is a retired Administrator in the industries of Public Accounting and Law. Since retirement, she commits much of her time in public service as a community leader and serves on the Board of Directors for the Park Heights Renaissance CDC in Baltimore Maryland. She enjoys coaching acquaintances of Generation X. She also aids many Baby Boomers on transitioning to Medicare. Her story will be the subject of a forthcoming book. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

We were so pleased to welcome Regina Griffin, Jasmine Redden, and Romona Burns to the show to talk about Mischlingskinders (Brown babies) - the children of African American servicemen and German women."Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story" reveals the tragic lives of biracial, bicultural children who were unwanted, ignored and forgotten by enemy nations.Imagine being born in a place and time where racism and hatred run rampant. Your mother is white and German and your father is a black American serviceman."Brown Babies" tells the painful and personal story of a forgotten piece of world history through eyes of the people who suffered most: those who lived it.Emmy award-winning TV News Executive Producer Regina Griffin is the director, writer and producer of "Brown Babies". Regina and Romana are Mischlingskinders who talk candidly about their life experiences.Documentary link: https://www.brownbabiesfilm.com/ Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

We welcomed Lalita to the show to discuss her new book "Circumcision of a Wounded Heart: An Unjust Journey Due to Systemic Racism, Classism, & Oppression"Lalita Yeldell was in for the ride of her life when a terrible head-on collision ended in tragedy. With two people dead, one injured, and Lalita fighting for her life and unconscious for almost a month; she woke to a complete nightmare. With broken arms, legs, memory lost, a shattered pelvis, and a ruptured liver, it was just the beginning of her world being turned upside down. While the worst was yet to happen, Lalita had no idea of the hell she was about to face. With crooked cops, prosecutorial overzealousness, and an unjust legal and judicial system, Lalita landed in prison for crimes she did not commit. After trying to overcome obstacles of racism, classism, and oppression, she looked to God for answers through prayer, which led her to truth and understanding... helping her to find peace.We talked about the brokenness of the U.S. Judicial System - especially were women and women of color are concerned. And we discussed ways that this systemic injustice can be addressed pro-actively.Book link: https://www.amazon.com/Circumcision-Wounded-Heart-Systemic-Oppression/dp/1736672312 Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Black History is American History. That's how it ought to be taught. Sadly, too many United States schools fail in this regard. It's the county as a whole that loses out, including young Black Americans who aren't taught the history of their people.Incidents like “Missouri high school students allegedly post petition online calling for the return of slavery” (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/09/23/missouri-students-share-petition-calling-return-slavery/5822613001) and “Book Ban In Pennsylvania School District Sets Troubling Precedent For Access To Diverse Literature” (https://pen.org/press-release/book-ban-in-pennsylvania-school-district-sets-troubling-precedent-for-access-to-diverse-literature) show how badly this knowledge is needed. These two incidents happened so recently they still have that new baby smell. In this episode, Brian and Donya talk about the varying degrees that Black American history is taught. They also discussed who largely teaches it. And address how none this includes or incorporates the new bogey-phrase Critical Race Theory. This becomes even more problematic when this issue involves majority or exclusively white school systems.Possible solutions and ways forward are discussed. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we talk about Fanny Kemble's book "Journal of a Residence on a Georgian plantation in 1838-1839" which was published after her death in 1863.Brian opened the show with some new research resources discoveries he's made for Alabama and Mississippi records on FamilySearch. And he also shared a tip for identifying enslavers in communities where slaveholders were largely absent (as in absentee enslavers) such as the Gullah corridor from South Carolina to Florida. You won't want to miss these tips!Originally published in 1863 – and out-of-print and unavailable for almost a century- Frances Anne Kemble's Journal has long been recognized by historians as unique in the literature of American slavery and invaluable for obtaining a clear view of the “peculiar institution” and of life in the antebellum South.Brian spoke about how this book was - and is - invaluable to his Weeping Time slave sale research (1859). And it is important for the work he and others are doing researching the enslaved people held by Capt. John Bull, Col. Thomas Middleton, and Maj. Pierce Butler in SC.Donya and Brian read from examples of the book that illustrate how social issues for Black Americans remain largely unchanged since Fanny Kemble's accounts were written in 1838-9.And they talk about the dangers of those who would like to see books like this in the U.S. removed from public access, or destroyed, to better enable a white-washing of the lived Black experience throughout American history.Fanny Kemble was one of the leading lights of the English stage in the nineteenth century. During a tour of America in the 1830s, she met and married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Butler, part of whose fortune derived from his family's vast cotton and rice plantation on the Sea Islands of Georgia and formerly, South Carolina. After their marriage, she spent several months living on the plantation. Profoundly shocked by what she saw, she recorded her observations of plantation life in a series of journal entries written as letters to a friend. She never sent the letters. It wasn't until the Civil War began and Fanny, divorced from Pierce Butler, was living in England where her letters were published in book format.This is a no-holes-barred kind of book. Fanny did not mince her words or sugar-coat the world she witnessed first-hand.This book provides the modern reader with the historical and biographical background to move freely and with ease in Fanny Kemble's world.Free download url: https://archive.org/details/journalofresiden00kembuoft? Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adrienne Fikes joined us to discuss reframing the slavery narrative in a way that enables the descendants of enslaved people, and their enslavers, to gather together in a manner that encourages dialogue and taking early steps towards reconciliation. She also addressed the systemic issues that continue to haunt African Americans' lived experience in the U.S., as well as white Americans' beliefs about our respective historical pasts.Chattel slavery in the United States is a history of difficult truths, cruelty, and racial injustice. It's a subject we covered in 'S04 E01: Getting Your Mind & Spirit Right: Prep for Enslaved Research'. The subject is so charged that the U.S. has never been able to have an informed, honest, and transparent conversation about slavery. Added to this dynamic is a lack of any underlying framework to discuss it – or an agreed-upon language framework to engage in this painful history.In the words of Dale Carnegie: “The past is where you learned the lesson. The future is where you apply the lesson Don't give up in the middle.”Adrienne Fikes, M.Ed, PCC, is the Soul Power Coach™, a seventh-generation Virginian, and creator of the Joy, Genealogy, Justice community-building framework. Adrienne is a speaker, author, organizational development consultant, and co-founder of Racial Justice Alexandria. Her 16Greats.com Challenge is to speak your sixteen great-great-grandparent's names. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

MyHeritage Genealogy Expert, Daniel Horowtiz, joined us to talk about some of the new features and functionality offered by MyHeritage.We talked about:1. The new picture restoration tool (Awesome!!);2. MyHeritage's updated family tree (OMG!);3. New features and improvements to the Theory of Relativity (Brilliant!!); and4. Exploring DNA matches in more depth through ethnicity results, family surnames, and the U.S. regions where those names and ethnicities had the highest occurrence. (Exceptional!) Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have often spoken about how important newspapers have been in researching our families. Occasionally, however, an old newspaper article can have varying degrees of incorrect information - or complete falsehoods!In this episode, we walk you through some examples. Brian opens the show with a humdinger of a fabricated story that has sucked genealogists in for years trying to work the clues provided in an article riddled with inaccuracies and falsehoods.Donya walks you through how changing dates in an article about an ancestral family member threw her research off.Both speak about how even an obituary can lead you on a merry chase.Working research clues and creating a flexible research strategy are two key themes that run through this episode. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

We welcomed Ret. Police Chief Ralph Godbee, Jr back to the show to discuss the policing of black communities in the United States.Our wide-ranging discussion touched on how the multi-generational trauma of non-white communities in the U.S. (with an emphasis on African Americans) should be part of police training as well as equality and diversity training in human resources departments.We dug deeper on the historical aspects of policing African Americans from slave patrols to modern police departments; as well as how poor white Americans have been angry at the wrong people (non-whites) for their generations of struggles.And we covered how this issue touches on so many aspects of the lived experience of African Americans in the United States.Part 1 is available via https://youtu.be/R2akgLb5rWE Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we welcomed author and Adjunct Professor (Trent University, Canada) Katrina Keefer to the show to talk about slavery records in Africa.We spent the hour talking about:- Katrina's sense of calling to this research work;- Slavery-related documents that still survive in Africa: the kinds of information they contain, digitization and preservation, and their importance in documenting the history and in telling the truth about the Trans-Atlantic slave trade; and- Tribal markings and the depth of the information encoded within those markings.This show actually made Donya speechless at times (seriously!). It made Brian and Donya both tear up. We had a few epiphanies live on air. It's one of *those* shows.Katrina Keefer is the Director of the African Studies Research Group at Trent University in Canada. She is a cultural historian who specializes in identity and trans-Atlantic slavery. Keefer leads a number of major international digital humanities projects which analyze body marks to better discern African origins and trajectories.Links to Resources Mentioned by Katrina:Liberated African Department [1808-1894] ‎ (1808-1894): https://tinyurl.com/LAD1808British Archives Endangered Archives Programme: https://eap.bl.uk/ Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cousins are people who share a common ancestor that is at least 2 generations away from them – like a grandparent or great-grandparent. You and your siblings are not cousins because your parents are only 1 generation away from you. Simple enough, right? But what does it mean to have a second or third or fourth cousin?Join us as we talk inter-family relationship definitions to help clear away some of the confusion about what degree of kinship you share with others. You can download the cousin explainer chart Donya used in the show via: https://tinyurl.com/cousinexplainer Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

How newly freed enslaved families chose their surnames is one of the most popular questions we see on genealogy research groups on Facebook. It's such a common question we decided we needed to do a show on the topic.The ways our freed ancestors came to choose a family identity through a surname are as numerous as our individual family histories. From biological birthright to a relationship with an enslaving family to acts of rebellion to seemingly randomly-chosen names – there is a story of how our ancestors' sense of identity in the form of a family name they chose to use. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are many stories and historical accounts about American Cowboys. African American cowboys rarely merit a mention in this much-storied and fabled history of the United States. One out of every 4 cowboys was black. Yet, these men never made it into canonized American popular culture. Ranchers returning from the Civil War discovered their herds were either lost or nearly wild. They attempted to round up their cattle and rebuild their herds with slave labor (Texas didn't liberate its enslaved people until years after the Emancipation Proclamation). However, in the end, ranchers were left without the free workers they were previously so dependent upon. Desperate for help rounding up maverick cattle, ranchers were compelled to hire newly freed, skilled, African-Americans as paid cowhands. This episode covers their story, history, and contributions with a fourth-generation black cowboy, Larry Callies.Larry Callies is the Founder/CEO of The Black Cowboy Museum in Rosenberg, Texas. Larry was raised in El Campo, TX. He competed in calf-roping and team roping in local rodeo circuits and had a promising country-western singing career. While researching the history of the “black cowboy,” Larry Callies discovered two of his ancestors--Major James Kerr and Captain Isaac Newton, both Texans who had children by slaves they owned from which Larry is descended. Larry opened his museum to ensure the story of the United States' Black cowboys would never be forgotten.The Black Cowboy Museum (Rosenberg, Texas): http://www.blackcowboymuseum.org Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you're planning on writing a family history book – or have one underway – at some point you will ask yourself a simple question: is this book something a publisher will want to publish? Or ask yourself: “What kind of family history book will grab a publisher's attention?” We welcomed two guests who answered those questions…and more!Author, attorney, public speaker, private investigator, Karen F. Nance, will share her experiences as a successful published author of family history books. https://paprovipublishing.comLaQuita Parks – communications coach and the Owner-Publisher of Pa-Pro-Vi Publishing Company – will speak about her experience from a publisher's perspective. https://karennance.com/book Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the first Africans of Virginia to Emancipation in 1865, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement to today - Donya and Brian can trace the generation of inherited trauma their ancestors and their ancestral families have endured during the entirety of their existence in the United States. Slave catchers, slave patrols, and what we think of as modern policing have contributed to that inherited and experienced trauma.Ret. P.C. Ralph Godbee, Jr joined the show to talk about the history of policing black and brown bodies in the U.S. from the time of the slave patrols to the modern police of today. Ralph draws upon his 25 years of active service in the Detroit Police Department, as well as his numerous connections with police associations, to discuss how black and brown bodies are policed, the trauma that influences black and brown communities in the U.S. when it comes to police interactions - and we closed the show with thoughts about how the current situation can be improved.We couldn't cover everything that we would have liked to in the hour - so there will be a Part 2 on Saturday, 26 June 2021 at 4pm on https://www.facebook.com/genealogyadventuresusa/videos. Part of the second conversation will center on how diversity training needs to be re-imagined. This means moving away from a failed attempt at creating "colorblindness" to an understanding and appreciation of the cultural differences inherent in the numerous populations and cultures within the U.S. And how a reimagined approach to diversity training would serve modern police departments as well. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Destination DNA: How a Black Woman Chose Her Travel ItineraryWith the advent of affordable DNA tests, people of African descent in the Americas can pinpoint their African origins and make a pilgrimage to reconcile with the painful past. Canadian black history enthusiast Rachel Decoste has published an audiobook detailing her epic odyssey to Africa. Like most descendants of enslaved Africans, Ms. Decoste could not pinpoint her origins until technology evolved. Guided by a DNA test, she visited 5 countries in as many months – each country held a piece of her ancestry. In her own voice, Ms. Decoste recounts her journey with vivid imagery and humor. Her pan-African trek is peppered with unexpected twists and delightful discoveries. "Year of Return: a Black Woman's African Homecoming" audiobook is released online, just in time for Black History Month.Rachel Decoste is an educator and immigration policy expert. She was a member of both presidential campaign teams of Barack Obama. Ms. Decoste attended The George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration in Washington, DC before being appointed National Director of the Congressional App Challenge, a tech education initiative created by the United States Congress. Ms. Decoste was named to the Top 100 Accomplished Black Canadian women in 2018. Rachel Decoste was a Huffington Post contributor for over 5 years. The subject of her op-eds touched on diversity, immigration, and Black history.Rachel's audiobook "Year of the Return" is available to buy via: https://www.wokeapparel.shop/collections/audiobooksRachel is offering Genealogy Adventures' viewers/listeners a discount for her book. Type in the code AFRICA (case sensitive) when ordering the book via the link above. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Susan Anderson shares her knowledge about how The Gold Rush Era marked the real beginning of African American migration into California: around 200 to 300 slaves came to work the gold fields, followed by free African Americans. We learn something about their stories as well as their history.Susan also dropped genealogical knowledge about the 1850 census, where best to find records for African Americans in the west during the 1850s, and more. If you missed this show yesterday you are going to want to watch it today!Susan D. Anderson is History Curator and Program Manager at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, and a member of the editorial board of California History journal. She has published and lectured widely with an emphasis on California's hidden African American past. Susan's book, Nostalgia for a Trumpet: Poems of Memory and History was published by Northwestern University Press. Her forthcoming book, African Americans and the California Dream, is under contract with Heyday Books Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode marks the last in our 3-part series about the remarkable women who served in the all-black U.S. Army Battalion the 6888th in Europe during WWII.The women tackled a years-long pile-up of mail and parcels destined for the war front – eliminating a 7+ million backlog of post in 3 months.Col. Edna W. Cummings (retired) joined the show to talk about being instrumental as a driving force behind the formal recognition of the 6888th's accomplishments and service via the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal. Bill S.633 (H.R. 1012), submitted to the U.S. Senate in Feb 2021 by U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and is currently with the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee.Janice Martin (RN, retired), daughter of Indiana Hunt Martin of the 6888th, joined the show to talk about her mother's service.And, being Women's History Month, we talked about the forgotten history of black American women's service in the U.S. military. If you would like your Congressperson to support this bill, and honor the service of the 688th Battalion, you can contact your member of congress and ask them to co-sponsor House Bill H.R. 1012.Organizations can send letters of support to Rep. Chris Goldson (WI): Chris.Goldson@mail.house.gov Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Genealogy Adventures team has come across a group of women with a history that is so riveting…we realized would take three shows just to give you a taste of the remarkable things they have done in history. It's a history too few people know about.The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed the "Six Triple Eight", was an all-black battalion of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). The 6888th had 855 black women, both enlisted and officers, and was led by Major Charity Adams Earley. It was the only all-black, all-female battalion overseas during World War II. The group motto was "No mail, low morale".The battalion was commanded by Major Charity Edna Adams Early, who became the highest-ranking African-American woman in the military at the end of World War II.As you can see honoring these women in one show is just impossible - so we're presenting the history of this battalion of women as a 3-part series. In this episode, we welcome the son and daughter of Maj. Charity Edna Adams Earley to the show. Stanley and Judith Earley will join us and talk to us about their mum and her stories of leading the six triple eight! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed the "Six Triple Eight", was an all-black battalion of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). The 6888th had 855 black women, both enlisted and officers, and was led by Major Charity Adams Earley. It was the only all-black, all-female battalion overseas during World War II. The group motto was "No mail, low morale".The battalion was commanded by Major Charity Edna Adams Early, who became the highest-ranking African-American woman in the military at the end of World War II.The battalion was organized into five companies, Headquarters, Company A, Company B, Company C, and Company D. Most of the 6888th worked as postal clerks, but others were cooks, mechanics and held other support positions, so that the 6888th was a self-sufficient unit.To honor the service of these heroic black women, we welcomed Carmaletta Williams back to the show to talk about the herculean feat of achievement these women accomplished. The women worked 24 hours (3X8 hours shift) daily. They sorted 65,000 letters/parcels per 8-hour shift. This equals 17,550,000 million pieces of mail and parcels every day. The unit broke all records for redirecting mail.These women sorted mail not just for Army personnel but for all services and civilians in the European Theater of Operations. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simply put, Modjeska Monteith Simkins is one of the heroines of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The matriarch of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina, she was also a leader in African-American public health and social reform. She was an early activist who had no problem speaking out against the KKK and politicians.She was also the owner of the Green Book-listed Motel Simbeth in Columbia SC.Speaking at her Columbia, SC funeral in 1992, Judge Matthew J. Perry stated:"She probably will be remembered as a woman who challenged everyone. She challenged the white political leadership of the state to do what was fair and equitable among all people and she challenged black citizens to stand up and demand their rightful place in the state and the nation".In this episode, Dr. Adrienne Petty and Dr. Henrie Treadwell shared their memories about their inspirational family members and knowledge about this remarkable woman. Adrienne and Henrie also talked us through Modjeska's life and her legacy as part of our Heroines of the Women's History during Women's History Month. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Civil Rights activist Dr Frank Smith, Jr joined the show to discuss his decades of Civil Rights activism work. Dr Smith also discussed the founding of the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C., his work as a former Council Member of Ward 1 in D.C., and his experiences with SNCC (the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee).He also talked about how the work he and so many other Civil Rights activists engaged in around voter suppression and voting rights echoes down the decades to the work currently being done by Stacey Abrams, Lauren Groh-Wargo, Helen Butler, Rebecca DeHart, and so many others to register voters from marginalized communities.Dr Smith also carried on a theme other guests have expressed over our Black History Month series: the importance of the power of family and community in combatting systemic injustice. African American Civil War Museum: https://www.afroamcivilwar.org Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

We welcomed Maj. Charles Williams (aka Trooper Charles Williams) to the show to enlighten us about the unique service provided to the U.S. by an equally unique group of men: the National Buffalo Soldiers 9th & 10th Horse Cavalry – one of the most important military units in the history of the U.S. Armed Forces.Our conversation touched on how the all-Black 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments were formed from the USCT (United States Colored Troops) after the Civil War. How these two regiments were perceived by other regiments, the U.S. military, and the public at large - and the indigenous tribes who gave them a distinctive nickname that was an expression of their respect for these men's indomitable fighting spirit and bravery. Trooper Williams shared his knowledge about how these men fought for the United States abroad, their service across the entirety of the western U.S. territories...and a gripping history of how they protected westward-moving pioneers and their military legacy on black men serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. There's also a surprising link to Gen. Custer and the 7th Cavalry! Trooper Williams also talked about the Houston, Texas-based Buffalo Soldier National Museum – its work and its outreach programs, which includes re-enactments. The Houston, Texas-based Buffalo Soldiers National Museum is a non-profit institution founded in 2000 by Vietnam War veteran and African American military historian, Captain Paul J. Matthews. Historian and U.S. Army Major, Charles Williams, serves as the Museum's Chief Docent. It is the only museum dedicated primarily to preserving the legacy and honor of the African-American soldier in the U.S.A.Museum link: https://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com/Maj. Williams, known locally as Trooper Williams, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after graduating high school. After receiving a B.S. in Biology from Prairie View A&M University, he was commissioned into the U.S. Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, he retired with the rank of Major. He is now devoted to telling the story of the Buffalo Soldiers and the contributions they made towards the development and the defense of the U.S.A. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The New Jersey Chapter of the Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society and Genealogy Adventures had a round table discussion about the lost connection between genealogy and family history.The special live-streamed event was a special one for us here at Genealogy Adventures. Our research team repeatedly say that genealogy and history are inseparable. History studies major national and regional events at the macro level. Genealogy and family history studies how national and regional events played out at the micro-level when it comes to the states and towns our ancestors lived in. In other words, History looks at the forest. Genealogy looks at the individual trees.History had its role to play in the choices our ancestors made - as well as the fate that may have befallen them. History might also be the missing key to break through a stubborn brick wall.As regular Genealogy Adventures' viewers know: Donya and Brian constantly discuss how genealogy has taught them more about the history of the United States than what they learned in the classroom. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

From 1873 to 1877, USC had some of the most notable African Americans as students. Three years after it reopened, it returned to being an all-white institution. This changed in 1963 when Dr. Henri Treadwell became one of three African Americans to enroll at USC. In this episode, Dr. Treadwell talks us through that historic journey as part of our Heroes of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement series during Black History Month.Dr. Treadwell is Founding Director of Community Voices: HealthCare for the Underserved and is Research Professor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine. Prior to joining the Morehouse School of Medicine, she served for 17 years as Program Director, Health at the Kellogg Foundation and was responsible for grantmaking in the United States, Central and Latin America, southern Africa and China.Dr. Treadwell was the first African American to integrate and graduate from the University of South Carolina since Reconstruction following a successful lawsuit in l963 - and was the first African American woman to graduate from USC in its history. She has received numerous honors and awards including the “Order of the Palmetto” the State of South Carolina's highest civilian award from Governor Nikki Haley (2014) for her work in social and health justice. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is the first in our "Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement" series as part of Black History Month. And we're here to bring some Black Girl Magic from the depths of the 1950s Jim Crow Era in the U.S.In 1951, Barbara John, a 16-year-old black girl - with the support of fellow students, teachers, her family, and the black community - took on Prince Edward County, Virginia in an epic battle challenging "separate but equal" education. Spoiler alert: She won.Brown v Board of Education was the landmark case that made the decision to desegregate the public school system. But there were several cases that were part of the push to desegregate U.S. schools. Barbara Johns was a young 16-year-old girl in VA who was unhappy with the education that she and her fellow students received. Ms. Johns organized a strike at her high school, Robert Russa Moton High, that attracted the attention of the NAACP. Her strike became one of five cases that led to the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision of 1954.In this episode, Cameron Patterson talks us through this historic journey as part of our Heroes of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement series during Black History Month.Cameron Patterson is the executive director of the Robert Russa Moton Museum (Moton), a National Historic Landmark that preserves and constructively interprets the history of Civil Rights in Education, specifically as it relates to Prince Edward County and the leading role its citizens played in America's transition from segregation towards integration.The Moton Museum: https://motonmuseum.org Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Award-winning author - as well as former journalist & lecturer - Edward Ball joined the show to talk about his compelling book "Slaves in the Family".We spent the hour talking about what brought him to write such an unvarnished and forthright family history book, his family's history as enslavers, and meeting some of the descendants of those his family enslaved. And how he came to meet African American cousins who were not only enslaved by his family - but are cousins via the same family connection. Edward also eloquently spoke about acts of restitution.The conversation also touched on the kind of writing discipline required to compose a non-fiction work of this nature...with some history thrown in for good measure.It was a riveting hour for us. We hope it is riveting viewing for you too. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we discussed the first book covered in our Book Club: "The house of bondage: or, Charlotte Brooks and other slaves" by Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert (New York, Hunt & Eaton, 1890).Octavia met Charlotte Brooks for the first time in 1879 and later decided to interview her, as well as other former slaves from Louisiana, for a biographical sketch of slavery's "House of Bondage." These sketches were originally published in the Methodist newspaper Southwestern Christian Advocate but were not compiled into book form until 1890, after Octavia Albert's death.Rather than provide a comprehensive chronology of the events in Charlotte's life, Albert focuses on episodes that illustrate hostility from slave masters, as well as the ways in which religion influenced the slaves' everyday lives. In addition to interviewing Charlotte Brooks, Albert interviews several other former slaves, including John and Lorendo Goodwin, Lizzie Beaufort, Colonel Douglass Wilson, and a woman known merely as Hattie—though Charlotte's interviews make up the bulk of the text. These anecdotes are woven together to provide a harrowing image of the horrors suffered by slaves, as well the progress that former slaves are able to make through education.The book club chat included some of the genealogical issues that were apparent to us in the book in terms of researching enslaved people, social issues, and U.S. politics back then and in 2020.This book is free to read or download online via: https://archive.org/details/housebondageorc00mallgoog/page/n11/mode/2upTo see the first part of this serialized installment originally published in the Southwestern Christian Advocate (1890, New Orleans, La.), please visit: https://archive.org/details/southwesternchri1890sout/page/n3/mode/2up?q=octavia+V+albertIf you would like to buy the book, it is available for the on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/House-Bondage-Octavia-Rogers-Albert/dp/1596052546/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=octavia+V.+albert&qid=1611528442&sr=8-1 Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

James joined us to chat about The Battle of New Market Heights (VA) and the bravery of the men of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) who fought – as well as chatting about the 14 men who received the highest military honor in the U.S.: the Congressional Medal of Honor.In the predawn darkness of September 29, 1864, black Union soldiers attacked a heavily fortified position on the outskirts of Richmond known as New Market Heights. In a few short hours of desperate fighting, these soldiers struck a blow against experienced troops of Robert E. Lee's vaunted Army of Northern Virginia and proved to their detractors that they could fight for freedom and citizenship for themselves and their enslaved brethren. James talked about this often-overlooked 1864 battle and its important legacy in military history.James S. Price is a historian, blogger and educator who has worked at many Civil War sites, including Petersburg National Battlefield and Pamplin Historical Park. His award-winning site, The Sable Arm, is dedicated to raising awareness of African American military participation in the Civil War.For more about James:Freedom by the Sword (blog): https://sablearm.blogspot.com"The Battle of New Market Heights" (book): https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/12499732-the-battle-of-new-market-heights?fbclid=IwAR1wPqrTzzSx8NwiZzqwt_8mV_Zh3k4jXVdqY7XStZ6e1X1cFuPD6m3e_LABattle of New Market Heights Memorial and Education Association (donations being accepted for a memorial to the USCT who fought at the Battle of New Market Heights): https://battleofnewmarketheights.org Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The mission of the Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City, Inc. (https://blackarchives.org) is to collect, preserve and make available to the public materials documenting the social, economic, political and cultural histories of persons of African American descent in the central United States, with particular emphasis in the Kansas City, Missouri region.Please join us in welcoming Dr. Carmaletta Williams to the show as we talk about the special materials held by the Black Archives of Mid-America and the work this organization does in supporting genealogical research and educational programming. Dr. Carmaletta also shares her knowledge about the black history of Kansas City and the state - as well as the border war that erupted between Missouri and Kansas between 1854 and 1859 (yep, that really happened!). Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Yoruba Richen is a documentary filmmaker who created the documentary specialization at the Newmark J-School. Her work has been featured on PBS, New York Times Op Doc, Frontline Digital, New York Magazine's The Cut, The Atlantic and Field of Vision. Her film The Green Book: Guide to Freedom aired on The Smithsonian Channel in February 2019.We talked about the Green Book Guides – which movies like Green Book and TV shows like Lovecraft County have brought to the fore - and her documentary "The Green Book: Guide to Freedom" which is available via the Smithsonian Channel (https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/details/show/the-green-book-guide-to-freedom). You can also catch Yoruba's up-coming documentary "how to be Free" about black women entertainers on PBS' American Masters Series: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=c99a7a6e3531ba8cbf032b771&id=27d039613c&e=245cae7a73 Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reclaim The Records (RtR)is a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. This organization identifies important genealogical records sets it believes ought to be in the public domain - but which are being wrongly restricted by government archives, libraries, and agencies. RtR files Freedom of Information and Open Data requests to obtain public data and release it back to the public. And if the government doesn't comply, RtR takes them to court.RtR then digitizes the records it obtains and puts it all online for free - without any paywalls or usage restrictions - so that it can never be locked up again.We were so pleased to have Jonathan Deiss on the show to talk about the organization hand e vital work that it does. He is a professional researcher, military historian, and genealogist. He sits on the Board of Directors of Reclaim the Records, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to providing public-domain documents to the general public.For more information about Reclaim the Records, please visit:https://www.reclaimtherecords.orgFor more information about Jonathan and his research work, please visit https://www.webbdeissresearch.com/ Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we discussed how the faster pace of internet research has uncovered many new ethical dilemmas - include discovering secrets, lies, bigamy, enslavement, criminals, unexpected DNA relatives, upsetting findings, and, unexpected ethnicities and family relationships. A variety of ethical dilemmas will be described and discussed, and adoption, DNA testing, and ethnicity will be discussed in detail.If you have ever stopped and asked yourself: If some of the information you share publicly is ethical? Do you need to ask people's permission to include them in your tree? What will you do if you discover secrets and lies? Should you tell your grandmother that her mother was six months pregnant when she got married? How do you approach people on your DNA testing site about matching and potentially collaborating? If you were adopted, how would you try and trace your biological mother? This episode is for you.Dr Penny Walters lectures internationally and writes articles about a variety of genealogy topics: ethical dilemmas in genealogy; the psychology of genealogical research; adoption; and related genealogy topics. Penny is also the author of Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy (2019) and The Psychology of Searching (2020).Books by Dr Penny Walters:https://www.amazon.com/.../ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Coming to the Table organization's vision for the United States is of a just and truthful society that acknowledges and seeks to heal from the racial wounds of the past—from slavery and the many forms of racism it spawned. Its mission is to provide leadership, resources, and a supportive environment for all who wish to acknowledge and heal wounds from racism that is rooted in the United States' history of slavery.We are so pleased to welcome CTTT founder, Prinny Anderson, and Gayle Jessup White (Public Relations & Community Engagement Officer at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation) to the show. Both speak candidly about their experience when meeting descendants of the enslaved and the family/families that enslaved their ancestors - and vice versa. Prinny & Gayle are more than CTTL colleagues – they are cousins who share Thomas Jefferson as an ancestor. Join us as they candidly talk about black and white sides of the same family, joined by slavery, meet to discuss America's past – and its future. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.