{"id":10542,"date":"2025-01-19T21:54:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T21:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=10542"},"modified":"2025-01-23T18:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T18:16:23","slug":"matin-luther-king-day-and-family-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/matin-luther-king-day-and-family-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther King Day and Family History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, January 20, celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King, a pioneer Black leader and activist who promoted civil rights in the United States and gave his life for the cause. You can read about his life ana accomplishments in many books and websites, including <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the awareness he helped to raise is the connection between generations in America. The Family History Guide has a helpful section on tracing family roots for those who are of African descent. You can find it in the Ethnic section at the bottom of the Countries menu. Here&#8217;s a brief summary of some of the useful resources you will find in those pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer.html#a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn the basics of African American research<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer.html#b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Use effective tips and techniques in African American research.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer.html#c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn how find record sources for African American ancestors.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer02.html#a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explore vital and census records.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer02.html#b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explore newspaper records for African Americans.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer02.html#c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explore other record types for African Americans.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer03.html#a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn about resources in various libraries and archives<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer03.html#b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn about other resources for research.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer04.html#a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn about the basic records that document slaves.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer04.html#b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn about the Freedmen&#8217;s Bank and Freedmen&#8217;s Bureau.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer04.html#c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn about the National Underground Railroad.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer05.html#a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn about African American research challenges and breakthroughs.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer05.html#b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trace your slave ancestors before the Civil War.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-african-amer06.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Use Facebook pages and other sources to get answers to your questions.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to these topics, there is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/vault.html#eth-afr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vault section<\/a> in The Family History Guide, where you can find links to addtional videos and articles about African American genealogy research, and more topics and links on many of the individual U.S. state pages. We hope you enjoy these resources!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10543\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/m-l-african-amer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/m-l-african-amer.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/m-l-african-amer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/m-l-african-amer-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attractive young man sitting on floor with laptop computer over map of US States.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, January 20, celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King, a pioneer Black leader and activist who promoted civil rights in the United States and gave his life for the cause. 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