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Family History Research
1:03:56
Introducing the 10 Million Names Project

There are at least 44 million descendants of enslaved African Americans alive today, but slavery separated families, erased names, and obscured facts. The 10 Million Names Project, recently launched by American Ancestors and its partners, aims to restore their family stories to history.

 

Presented by Dr. Kendra Taira Field, Lindsay Fulton, and Kerri Greenidge
Moderated by Ryan J. Woods
Family History Research
01:01:13
Researching Black Patriots and Loyalists During the Revolutionary Era

Researcher Danielle Rose will provide a brief history of Black soldiers during the Revolutionary War and their motivations for joining either side, and discuss strategies for researching the stories of Black soldiers during the Revolution.

American Inspiration Author Series
1:03:30
Chad L. Williams with The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War

Hear about the dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois's reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I—and gain a new understanding of that era, and of one of the great twentieth-century writers.

Moderated by Kendra Field