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3/2/18

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3/2/18

Tracing Your Roots: When Was My ‘Freedman’ Ancestor Freed?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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2/16/18

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2/16/18

Tracing Your Roots: Why Free Virginia Blacks Looked Over Their Shoulders

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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1/19/18

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1/19/18

Tracing Your Roots: Were My Ancestors Freed in a Big Court Case?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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12/22/17

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12/22/17

Tracing Your Roots: Were My Ancestors Melungeon?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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10/6/17

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10/6/17

Tracing Your Roots: How Did My Black Ancestor Come to Own Land?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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8/11/17

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8/11/17

Tracing Your Roots: Untangle My Redbone Heritage

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman

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4/28/17

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4/28/17

Tracing Your Roots: Our Family Matriarch Was a White Indentured Servant

By Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Research Services Director Lindsay Fulton

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5/26/16

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5/26/16

The Lynching of My Husband’s Ancestor Shocked a Nation

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman

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Sambo Be Damned! Black Fashion Model Refused to Wear ‘Racist’ Accessories at Fashion Institute of Technology Show

Hair Love Across the Nation: 3 States Passed Laws Ending Black Hair Discrimination Within a Week

Gayle King Says She Accepts Snoop’s Apology; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Calls Him Out

Tracing Your Roots: When Was My ‘Freedman’ Ancestor Freed?

Tracing Your Roots: Why Free Virginia Blacks Looked Over Their Shoulders

Tracing Your Roots: Were My Ancestors Freed in a Big Court Case?

Tracing Your Roots: Were My Ancestors Melungeon?

Tracing Your Roots: How Did My Black Ancestor Come to Own Land?

Tracing Your Roots: Untangle My Redbone Heritage

Tracing Your Roots: Our Family Matriarch Was a White Indentured Servant

The Lynching of My Husband’s Ancestor Shocked a Nation

Sambo Be Damned! Black Fashion Model Refused to Wear ‘Racist’ Accessories at Fashion Institute of Technology Show

Back In The Cold War The US Wasn't Above A Little Provocation Itself

This Unsettlingly Accurate Deepfake Casts Tom Holland and Robert Downey, Jr. in Back to the Future

Tracing Your Roots: When Was My ‘Freedman’ Ancestor Freed?

Tracing Your Roots: Why Free Virginia Blacks Looked Over Their Shoulders

Tracing Your Roots: Were My Ancestors Freed in a Big Court Case?

Tracing Your Roots: Were My Ancestors Melungeon?

Tracing Your Roots: How Did My Black Ancestor Come to Own Land?

Tracing Your Roots: Untangle My Redbone Heritage

Tracing Your Roots: Our Family Matriarch Was a White Indentured Servant

The Lynching of My Husband’s Ancestor Shocked a Nation