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The African American Genealogy & Slave Ancestry Research (AAGSAR) Community is a technology-based, work group, collaborative for people researching their slave ancestry. AAGSAR is a participation required — NO OBSERVERS Community with 3 primary goals: * SLAVE ANCESTRY RESEARCH SKILL DEVELOPMENT * TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION * MIGRATING FAMILY RESEARCH ONLINE To join the AAGSAR Community you must currently be on Facebook, and have or be willing to create a family blog and/or website. Support is available to get your family blog setup — but all of our collaboration, research, teaching and sharing involves technology. JOIN US!:)

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Are Our Soldiers Wearing GAR Medals? #BuffaloSoldier

Are Our Soldiers Wearing GAR Medals? #BuffaloSoldier

Luckie:

Still searching for the identity & story behind our Buffalo Soldier Mystery. Help us!:)

Originally posted on Where Honor Is Due: Our Men of Military Service:

The mystery continues! Compare the medal worn by one of our Mystery Soldiers and the featured Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) medal. Are they one in the same? And if yes, what does this tell us about their military service?

Now…

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Military Mystery: U.S. Cavalry 9th Regiment Company G?

Military Mystery: U.S. Cavalry 9th Regiment Company G?

Luckie:

Please support us in identifying these honorable Buffalo Soldiers!

Originally posted on Where Honor Is Due: Our Men of Military Service:

As “luck” would have it friends, I happened to find myself sitting beside a colleague, Rick Romancito (TEMPO Editor, Taos News) as he interviewed the owner of the above historic image.

“Gloria” purchased the image 40+ years ago from an estate sale in…

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TIMESTAMP: Law Enforcement & Accountability Nothing to add here. COLORLINES has summed up the tragic state of affairs just fine. No America…

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Makes Me Wanna Holler: Pondering Dred Scott & Black Life in America

Makes Me Wanna Holler: Pondering Dred Scott & Black Life in America

A few days ago, during her first week in 2nd Grade my daughter was asked by a fellow student, why she wore a “black mask”. It was not a question of innocence or curiosity. The same child, on the first day of school, brought a Vietnamese student to tears with mean-spirited, racially-charged comments about her ethnicity.

This from a 7 year old? Who will he be at 27 or 47 years old when there’s no…

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Image: On parade, the 41st Engineers at Ft. Bragg, NC in color guard ceremony. N.D. 208-NP-4HHH-2. National Archives.

African Americans have a long and complicated history with Independence Day. Early in our nation’s history, as white Americans celebrated their freedom from the British...

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#MLK Founding Father and Architect of the 21st Century…

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As you celebrate Independence Day, check out this photo from our Photographs and Prints Division of a 4th of July celebration in St. Helena Island, South Carolina (year unknown).

Image ID: 1260135 

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Bundy, Sterling or Genealogy's Whiteout: Racial Justice - Are We Systemically Aware?

Bundy, Sterling or Genealogy’s Whiteout: Racial Justice – Are We Systemically Aware?

Tonight AAGSAR returns to You Got Roots?!, our BlogTalkRadio series kick-started to encourage cross-cultural dialogues on issues impacting the lives and research efforts of People of Color (POC).

On tap this evening, You Got Roots?!will go-in on racism, prejudice and culture bias as experienced by POC — both on and offline. A discussion that includes examining dynamics within the broader…

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You Got Roots?! People of Color Where Are We on the Journey?

You Got Roots?! People of Color Where Are We on the Journey?

Tonight at 6PM ET we return to our You Got Roots?! virtual round-table to talk history with Cornell University Historian Edward E. Baptist about his recent Chicago Sun-Times op-ed, American finance grew on the back of slaves and catching-up with genealogy blogger Taneya Koonce on her recent JET Magazine feature, Rooted In Family History.

We’re taking a ‘pulse-check’ on where People of Colorare on…

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The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away.

Robert M. Pirsig

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You Got Roots?! Culinary Historian Michael Twitty's Coming to School Us!

You Got Roots?! Culinary Historian Michael Twitty’s Coming to School Us!

I always marvel at brown/black people who are at home in their own skin; so comfortable with self they shine in the presence of any audience.

For the American African-descendant that’s no easy task! In a culture that’s yet to make peace with its deeply engrained race-hatred, brown/black children are often encouraged, trained and taught to be anything other than their naturally beautiful selves.

E…

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You Got Roots?! Cool, Let's Get

You Got Roots?! Cool, Let’s Get

In a little less than 1 hour AAGSAR’s BlogTalkRadio series, You Got Roots goes live! Wow!:)

With a healthy mix of nervous energy [still figuring out our audio clips!:] and overflowing with PURE excitement [how cool is this?!], we’re gearing-up for AAGSAR: Where African American Genealogy & Smart Technology Connect!

Today’s launch is all about the listening audience getting to know us, the Africa…

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Improve the World… One Real Talk at a Time! You Got Roots?! You Got Roots?! | Sunday, 2 March 2014 @ 6PM ET | @AAGSARFacebook

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#YouGotRoots?! Be Brave Enough…

"Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters." - Margaret Wheatley

You Got Roots?! | Sunday, 2 March 2014 | @AAGSARFacebook

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You Got Roots?! We Do & AAGSAR BlogTalkRadio Too!

You Got Roots?! We Do & AAGSAR BlogTalkRadio Too!

It never fails. Anytime an African American person takes a pro-active [vs. passive] posture in discussing the matters of racism and cultural bias in a non-black arena, we’re quickly painted with a broad-stroke — race-baiter, fight-starter, antagonist, troublemaker. BULLY!

If you’re a plain-spoken black woman, go ahead and augment your derogatory “coloring” with aggressive,…

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Mississippi State Legislature 1874-75

WE ARE NOT INVISIBLE.

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To acknowledge ...

To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back, perhaps to God; or to Gods. We remember them because it is an easy thing to forget: that we are not the first to suffer, rebel,…

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