10 Million Names Press Kit Materials
On this page you will find all press kit materials and you can download the Official Press Release. For more information or to request interviews, please contact 10mnmedia@americanancestors.org
Pilot Projects
On the Battlefield: Records of Soldiers, Veterans, and Refugees
Community Building: Records of Black Institutions
Remembering Slavery: Testimonials After Emancipation
Journeys to Liberation: Records of Mariners, Migrants, and Freedom Seekers
Making America: Records of Enslaved Laborers Within and Beyond the Plantation
Articles
Reflections on 10 Million Names by Chief Historian Kendra Field
10 Myths About Slavery by Genealogist Meaghan E.H. Siekman
Leadership
In the News
Ketanji Brown Jackson's ancestors were enslaved. Her husband's were enslavers. June 19, 2023 via The Washington Post
When Black History is Unearthed, Who Gets to Speak for the Dead? September 27, 2021 via The New Yorker
New website shows genealogy of descendants of slaves sold to benefit Georgetown. June 19, 2019 via The Washington Post
Pilot Projects
Articles
Leadership
About American Ancestors
In the News
Ketanji Brown Jackson's ancestors were enslaved. Her husband's were enslavers.
June 19, 2023 via The Washington Post
When Black History is Unearthed, Who Gets to Speak for the Dead?
September 27, 2021 via The New Yorker
