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Juneteenth 2024
NEW! The International African American Museum
Shelley Viola Murphy, Brian Sheffey, Julia A. Anderson
Juneteenth 2023
How I Found an Enslaved Ancestor in My Family Tree
Join Karen Strickland as she takes us through how to find an enslaved ancestor in your family tree.
A Lineage Society for Descendants of Enslaved Africans: Sons & Daughters of the U.S. Middle Passage
Learn more about the Sons and Daughters of the U.S. Middle Passage Society and how they can help with your genealogy research.
America's True Forgotten Patriots
Join Ric Murphy as he goes through genealogical history of America's true forgotten patriots.
African American Resources
Enjoy this collection of shareable resources to help you and others trace their African American Roots.
2025 Sessions
2024 Sessions
African American Genealogy: Ancestral Connections to a Revolutionary Black Church
Janice Gilyard, Orice Jenkins
Introducing the 10 Million Names Project
There are at least 44 million descendants of enslaved individuals 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 connect the family stories of these descendants to the 10 million men, women, and children of African descents who were enslaved in the U.S. prior to emancipation and to restore their names to history. Join Chief Historian Dr. Kendra Field and Vice President of Research and Library Services Lindsay Fulton as they share the scope of this project, the objectives, and our methodology.
2023 Sessions
How Can Connecting with Ancestors Complete Us?
"Connecting with ancestors completes us" is a phrase I've coined after witnessing the transformative power of knowing one's family history in the lives of three African American men. In this TED-talk style presentation, attendees will be treated to the stories of Lonnie Bunch, LeVar Burton, and Thom Reed, all of whom discovered incredible resources that allowed them to connect with their ancestors in a way that completed them. These examples are informative, inspiring, and can be emotional, so have some tissues handy!