Freedmen News

The Genealogy Department of the Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust (FRFT) has formally launched its Certification Program for Verified Freedmen. This is a structured, adult learning program designed to build professional-grade genealogical skills for internal institutional deployment and community verification assistance. Institutional Certification Overview This is not a hobbyist workshop or casual interest group. This is an official 600 credit-minute hour self-paced certificat

How the Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust Protects Freedmen Patents and Trademarks For generations, Freedmen inventors, creators, and entrepreneurs have produced valuable ideas—only to see them copied, diluted, or exploited without permission, licensing, or compensation. The problem has never been a lack of innovation. The problem has been lack of institutional protection. The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust (FRFT) exists to close that gap. FRFT provides a structured, enforceab

We are providing a brief public update regarding a recent matter involving the use of the term Soulaan in external media. Following direct correspondence with UPROXX, including communication from UPROXX’s Office of General Counsel, the referenced article has been removed from circulation. During this exchange, UPROXX confirmed that they were not previously familiar with the term “Soulaan” or its meaning, and that their initial exposure came through publicly available material