About This Item
- TitleWeeksville Heritage Center presents: Tracing Your Roots.
- Call NumberBCER_0022
- Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryThis virtual presentation on genealogy research focuses on tracing African diasporan heritage, considering the persistent challenges in the context of slavery and Colonialism. Presenters include genealogist Timothy Prolific Edwaujonte speaking on uncovering his family's history; oral historian Obden Mondésir speaking about methodologies to discover undocumented family histories; and a demonstration of free genealogical resources by NYPL librarian Jermaine Dennis. This event is part of the Research Refracted series: a collaboration with Weeksville Heritage Center, MoCADA, Archival Alchemy, Brooklyn Collection; and The Legacy Project's public training series.
- Date2020-04-15
- Formatmoving image
- Physical Description1 moving image file (2 hrs., 15 minutes) : digital, MP4, color
- Genrepresentations (communicative events)
- CreatorEdwaujonte, Timothy Prolific; Mondésir, Obden; Dennis, Jermaine
- SubjectGenealogy ; Oral histories ; African American families ; African diaspora--History ; Africans--United States--History ; Slavery--United States--History ; Weeksville Heritage Center (New York, N.Y.) ; Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
- CollectionBrooklyn Collection Event Recordings
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.