Filling in the Gaps in American History (FIGAH), Inc.

Thanks for posting this, Jacqui.

Wow. thanks for sharing.

So much of our past has been hidden. So much is to be yet revealed. Thanks.

Probably. Check their website www.theblackcandle.com and check screening calendar.

thanks for posting this

Most DNA tracing is done through the mother's line so I'm not sure if Mrs. Obama agreed to do this how much would be located however I agree there seems to be sufficient data to gather more iformation on the idenified males if someone supplied the funding to do so.

Wow, my first assignment as a reporter for my college newspaper was to interview Dr. Murray. I was a more or less clueless freshman, and the encounter was absolutely galvanizing for me. Dr. Murray was very gentle and really helped me through the interview. I did not know about this book, however.

Glad to see how our circles continue to intercept in time as well as in interests. I am looking for a copy of Proud Shoes to read along with earlier documntation of family histories.

This was a deep read. I learn so much due to the information you post Jaqui. It is crazy what our people had to go through because thier (our) skin color was different. Although we still have some ways to go I am proud to say "people of my descent fought to be equal to others."

READ "CAPE FEAR RISING" BY PHILIP GERARD- I paste from Amazon.com reviews:
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
No, this is not another sequel to the 1962 movie; it is a complex and convincing (if slightly overwritten) story of a little known incident that took place amidst the chaos of the post-Reconstruction South. The villain is not a ... See Moretwisted individual but rather a twisted society, the upper crust of Wilmington, N.C., in 1898. Alarmed by a burgeoning black middle class and a Fusionist-Republican regime favorable to the black majority, a powerful group drawn from the white establishment plots to take back "their" city. Secret, shifting alliances create confusion and discontent among out-of-work whites, and post-election day violence results in the deaths of numerous black citizens and the expulsion of thousands of others. The kaleidoscopic action is seen through the eyes of a fictional reporter newly arrived from Chicago with his wife, Gray Ellen. Her bafflement reflects Southern white society perfectly ". . . it was like hearing every second word of a question and being expected to come up with a good answer." As the white plotters invent horror stories of dangerous blacks, amass troops and plunge towards violence, blacks walk a thin line between preserving pride and keeping a low profile. Some of the dialogue and asides could have profitably been trimmed, but Gerard's ( Hatteras Light ) well-researched story smartly limns the tangled combination of economic, social and visceral elements that led Wilmington to violence and two years later would lead North Carolina to adopt constitutional amendments that virtually disenfranchised blacks. Caveat lector : epilogues of various characters at the end of the book fail to note which are fictional and which are historical. Author tour.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Wonderful info J thank you for continuing to enlighten us. Peace and Blessings

I was amazed that a woman of color made such a prestigious contribution,but was denied the right to be recognized. I wish I had been in an African-American history class as a youngster. I feel that everyone should be taught that slavery is not the only thing that we can relate to people of color.

OMG! I'm having a flashback!

Have love love loved this man since "We Almost Lost Detroit" and "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Thrilled to hear him again.