Genealogy Research Resources for Black Americans' Reparations

Reparative Genealogy - Reparations 4 Slavery

While we can't change history, or our ancestors' actions, we can take responsibility for finding slavery-era family records. We can provide them online so ...

Genealogy Research Resources for Black Americans' Reparations · U.S. National Archives and Records Administration · Citing Slavery · Veterans ...

Genealogy Workshop Series - Black Reparations Project

These workshops will explore key aspects of African American genealogy, including family history research, the lives of the formerly enslaved, and ancestral ...

African American Genealogy - FamilySearch

Key Internet Links · DiscoverFreedmen · Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery - Villanova University · Finding Helpful Resources, Post-1865 · Digital Library on ...

Genealogy Support | Coming To The Table

A non-profit organization “dedicated to providing resources for African American genealogical research, preserving historical matierals and properties, and ...

Find Your Ancestors — About Reparations

Comprehensive Reparations encourages ancestry research but does not make extensive genealogical background searches prerequisites for reparations in Black ...

National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC): Home

The National African-American Reparations Commission is a group of distinguished professionals from across the country with outstanding accomplishments in ...

How To Begin Your African American Genealogy Research

Established in 1885 as a bank to assist formerly enslaved African Americans, The Freedman's Bank Records has become an invaluable resource for ...

Reparations for Black descendants of people enslaved in the U.S.

Reparations programs can involve direct cash payments by the government to eligible recipients or establish a fund where eligible Black people ...

Reparations Research Guide - Guides - University of San Diego

Expansion of AB 2138 to prioritize African American applicants seeking occupational licenses, especially those who are descendants. News ...

Ancestry releases records of 183,000 enslaved individuals in America

The genealogy company has digitized and published 38,000 newspaper articles from between 1788 and 1867—before Black Americans were counted as ...

African American Genealogy Research & Archiving

Are you interested in learning more about your family's history? PCPL has vast resources, both print and online, including access to ...

African American Genealogy - Enoch Pratt Free Library

Library of Congress - Local History and Genealogy Reference Services - Features guides for genealogy researchers and digitized collections pertaining to U.S. ...

Reparations - NAACP

The NAACP reaffirms and stands in favor of financial reparations to African Americans and those of African Descent in the United States that are descendants ...

Repair & Reparations, African Americans: Home - Research Guides

The debate on Reparations to African Americans is the focus of this guide. This guide provides key resources on Repair and Reparation for ...

The Road to Reparations Through Black Genealogy

The road to reparations may start with the use of Alex Trapps-Chabala's Black ... database he hopes will be a resource for African American ...

Genealogy as a Pathway to Physical Healing for the African ...

Genealogical research allows African Americans to uncover their ancestors' stories, resilience, and survival strategies. Resources like the ...

About the R4S Portal — Reparations 4 Slavery

The case for reparations to descendants of enslaved people is quite simple: African Americans were taken from their homes in Africa, enslaved, and forced to ...

Can genetic genealogy restore family narratives disrupted by the ...

Many African Americans descended from enslaved ancestors are working to trace their family histories by combining genealogical records and ...

Searching Your Family Tree? Here's How You Can Find Its Roots.

The first myth to dispel is that when it comes Black genealogy research, records simply don't exist. This isn't true, says Shelley Murphy, ...