Freedmen News

The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust (FRFT) and the American Freedmen Legal Fund (AFLF) have received a formal response from BAFTA regarding the concerns we raised following the events at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards. After our institutional notice outlining governance concerns, BAFTA’s complaints office acknowledged our correspondence and confirmed that the BAFTA Board of Trustees has commissioned an independent external review into the incident. BAFTA stated that it is treatin

The growth of Freedmen Nation  is about more than genealogy, historical research, or community programs. It is also about building a functioning governance system for the population of Verified Freedmen. As the membership division of the Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust , Freedmen Nation is designed to operate as a self-governing body within a private institutional framework. One of the most important milestones in that development will be the launch of elections for leadershi

Across the country, many individuals and families are actively researching their family history. Some work with professional genealogists. Others rely on community historians, church archives, or conduct their own research using census records, Freedmen’s Bureau documents, and family records. Genealogy work is happening everywhere — across many communities and organizations. But completing your genealogy research is only one part of the process. The second and equally importa