Find Your Ancestor

Central scene in the mural "Shaw at Fort Wagner" by Carlos Lopez with Lt. Robert Gould Shaw
of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment being attended to by his soldiers after being wounded, by dbking

You are entering the section of About Our Freedom which is dedicated to helping you over come the great obstacles found in documenting African American ancestors.

We dedicate this portion of our site to:

Lowcountry Africana (@LCAfricana on Twitter)

for the great work of making available resources through
the Restore the Ancestors Project on Footnote
which have not previously seen the light of day.

Go to Find Your Ancestor

Freedom Maverick Awards

The awards below were inspired by a photograph that I took at The State House in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. There is so much said about the Confederate flag that hangs there, but I never have seen much about the African American Monument that depicts the history of African Americans. Taking down a flag alone does not change a people's vision. Those we acknowledge as being a Freedom Maverick (a word coined by Angela Y.Walton-Raji in podcast #91) will help us have the right perspective.