Lawyer Kimberly Cook traces her family back to Louis B. Toomer, a Black educator and organizer who taught newly freed people how to read during the Reconstruction Era.
Artist Amarie Baker wanted to know more about her great, great grandmother and the values she instilled in their family about the importance of voting.
Robin Barnes, a New Orleans native, explores her Afro-Nicaraguan roots and how living in a port city opened her ancestors to one-of-a-kind opportunities, ultimately setting her family lineage up for a better life.
