Freedom Road: An American Family Saga From Jamestown to World War
by Ric Murphy (AuthorHouse)
Miles Lassiter (circa 1777-1850): An Early African-American Quaker from Lassiter Mill, Randolph County, North Carolina
by Margo Lee Williams (Backintyme)
Synergy: Public History at Howard University
by Elizabeth Clark Lewis (A P Foundation Press)
An Oasis in Caroline County, Virginia, 1903-1969
by Marion Woodfork Simmons (Woodfork Genealogy LLC)
Black Family Research: Records of Post-Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives
by Reginald Washington (National Archives and Records Administration)
Buckingham County
by E. Renee Ingram and Charles W. Wright, Sr. (Arcadia Publishing)
Burial Ledger of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington, D. C., July 5, 1917 - August 30, 1983
by Paul Sluby (Heritage Books)
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