Freedmen News

The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust (FRFT) has officially executed the SOULAAN Status-Based Cultural Protection & Trademark License Agreement with Mr. Dwayne Coleman II, the verified owner of the SOULAAN service mark (USPTO Serial No. 98720373). The agreement was fully signed and notarized, and it now stands as a binding lineage-governed instrument recorded in the FRFT Legal & Cultural Registry. A Landmark for Status-Based Governance This signing marks a major step forward in

In recent years, DNA testing has exploded in the consumer market — ancestry kits, health reports, and genetic tracing services promising to “unlock your story.” But beneath the surface lies a different truth: the U.S. government has long funded and shaped the DNA testing industry, influencing how genetic categories are defined, stored, and interpreted. Through public contracts, forensic grants, and scientific partnerships, taxpayer money has built much of the infrastructure t

The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust has released a new Personal Declaration of Temporary Economic and Housing Protection for Verified...