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I keep a family tree in Ancestry entitled "The White Traylors" in order to trace my relatives who'd been enslaved, sold, mortgaged or...

In 1970, at age 17, when Emmett Traylor Jr. and his father locked the door to his law office in Pontiac, Michigan and sat down to have a...

Original Post: 09/10/2020 - Elder Traylor family member, Mjenzi Traylor’s appeal for a massive voter turnout by our family.          ...

The Friday after Thanksgiving, long after our dinner of leftovers and desserts had ended and we had cleaned up, I stuck my head into the...

Kwanzaa, the week-long holiday celebrated from December 26 – January 1, was developed in the late 1960s by Maulana Karenga because, well,...

I woke up this morning thinking about George Washington, Toni Morrison, Ona Judge, family history, and the idea of education. Strange, I...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s sermon, “If I Had Sneezed,” speaks to the slender line between one future and another. He was referring to his...

It has never been hard to imagine the Middle Passage. Moans, screams, vomit, excrement, despair and visions and plans of righteous...

Compiling the family tree can be much like planning a wedding. Should I invite the cousin I don't like? Or the in-law who was...

It isn't necessary for us to trace our lives back to kings and queens to inspire the next generation. There is inspiration in the way...

For our inaugural blog post, Lift Every Voice LLC is pleased to present the message of Rev. Dr. Grace Traylor, Pastor of Martin Chapel...

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Susie Dabner’s life began with the miracle of her mother being found alive as a 3-year old in the rubble of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane....