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Varnado Simpson, My Lai, and the Weight of Vietnam

Cousins, remember last week when I told ya’ll not to be shocked if I started sprinkling in posts about Black soldiers who served during the Vietnam War? Well, I meant that and today’s story is a heavy one. Varnado Simpson was born October 7, 1948, in Jackson, Mississippi and entered the United S

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The Rooted Legacy Project on WordPress

Cousins, The Rooted Legacy Project has a new home on WordPress! Now before ya’ll start panicking, no, we are NOT getting rid of any of our other social media platforms. We’ll still be right here talking Black history, genealogy, culture, books, and whatever else sends me down a research rabbit

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Jonathan Jackson and the Marin County Courthouse Rebellion

Cousins, last Black August, I told ya'll about the Soledad Brothers and George Jackson. This year, I want to introduce ya'll to another member of the Jackson family: George's baby brother, Jonathan. In January 1970, three Black prisoners, W.L. Nolen, Cleveland Edwards and Alvin Mille

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A Genealogy Workshop for the Cousins

Cousins, if you're new here, you might not know that The Rooted Legacy Project actually started off as a genealogy page. Before the Black history discussions, we were talking about surnames, death certificates, census records, and everything in between. Even though Rooted has grown into so much

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Beyond Juneteenth: The Black History of Galveston

Cousins, ya'll know I'm from the island...Galveston, that is. And I don't know if ya'll were aware, but Galveston has way more Black history than just Juneteenth. Oh yes. The island is rich with Black history. Every neighborhood, every church, every school and every family h

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Happy Franklin Armstrong Day!

Cousins, today is a national holiday! On July 31, 1968, Franklin Armstrong became the first recurring Black character in Charles Schulz's Peanuts. He met Charlie Brown after returning his lost beach ball, and the two of them spent the afternoon building a sandcastle together. It was such an

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The Vietnam War Through Black Eyes

Cousins, this week I've been doing some cleaning mentally, spiritually, and physically. While organizing my bookshelf at home, I came across another really good book once owned by my great aunt Ella: Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans by Wallace Terry. Published in

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Building Legacy, One Cup at a Time

Cousins, one of the questions I get asked the most is, "How can I support The Rooted Legacy Project?" Well, if you didn’t know, I have a Buy Me a Coffee page! If you've ever learned something from one of my posts, joined a conversation, shared my content, or simply believe in what I'

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Family Poll Time!

Cousins, if I put together a 4-week Black August workshop, would y’all be interested? Some of the topics I'm thinking about are: • George Jackson and the Soledad Brothers • Angela Davis and the movement to Free Angela • Marcus Garvey, the Black Star Line, and Pan-Africanism • The Natio

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You Can't Dress Your Way Out of Racism

Cousins, are ya'll ready to have a real conversation about respectability politics in the Black community and how it's one of the most damaging forms of self hate we've ever been taught? Our whole lives, we've been taught that if we just looked a certain way, we'd be treated

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The Harlem Book Of The Dead By James Van Der Zee

Cousins, the other day we talked about funeral photography and how for many Black families, those photographs became a way of preserving the memory of our loved ones. Because my copy just arrived today, I want to put a book on your radar that I think is worth adding to your collection. The Harle

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Because "Ya'll Know What I Want" Ain't a Plan

Cousins, I know you guys have seen by now the conversation surrounding Malcolm-Jamal Warner's wife and mother. While I'm not going to get into that because it's not my business, I do want to use it as a reminder to make sure your own affairs are in order. A whole lot can happen when

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Honoring Our Dead: Funeral Photography

Cousins, how many of ya'll grew up seeing pictures of your deceased loved ones taken at their funerals? I know it wasn't just me. The first one I ever saw was of my great grandmother Nettie. Her daughter, my great aunt Pearl, had it. GG was lying peacefully, surrounded by flowers in her

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It's The Caucasity For Me!

Cousins, it has been brought to my attention that white people are trying to claim code switching and just...NO. FVCKING NOOOOOOOO! Ya'll have got to stop trying to put your name on every damn thing Black people create, experience, or survive, Christina and Christopher Columbus. Somewher

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Forced Smiles For White Comfort

Cousins, let’s talk about what happens when Black folk refuse to stick to the script that white people have for them in their heads. Booker Wright lived in Greenwood, Mississippi and worked as a waiter at a whites-only restaurant called Lusco's. Every day he put on a crisp white jacket, smil

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Rebel To The Grave: Honoring Denise Oliver-Velez

Cousins, we just gained another dope azz ancestor. Denise Oliver-Velez passed away yesterday, leaving behind a legacy that stretched across generations of struggle. Born in Brooklyn in 1947, Denise was involved in the Civil Rights Movement before she was even old enough to vote. As a teenager, s

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Just Love: The Gift of Preparation

Cousins, one of the greatest gifts my mama ever gave me wasn't expensive or flashy. It was a menstruation kit. Before I ever got my first period, she sat me down and talked to me about what was going to happen to my body. She explained what a menstrual cycle was, what I could expect, and wha

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48 Hours Later: The Story of Len Bias

Len. That's honestly the only way I know how to start this post, cousins. Just...Len. For basketball fans, that one name carries an entire story about unbelievable talent, unimaginable loss and one of the biggest "what could've been" conversations the game has ever known. Len

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The Legacy of Hank Gathers

Cousins, if we're talking about greatness interrupted, we have to talk about the giant that was Hank Gathers. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Hank Gathers attended Dobbins Technical High School before beginning his college career at the University of Southern California alongside his close

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Greatness Interrupted: The Story of Benji Wilson

Cousins, have you ever heard of Benji Wilson? If not, you're not alone, and that's a damn shame because at one point, people believed he was going to become one of the greatest basketball players of his generation. Ben Wilson was a 6'8" senior at Simeon Career Academy in Chicago.

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