Freedmen News

The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust and the American Freedmen Legal Fund are opening a documentation file concerning the NAACP’s “Out of Bounds” campaign and its potential impact on Verified Freedmen families, student-athletes, recruits, alumni, donors, and supporters. According to the NAACP’s own campaign page, “Out of Bounds” calls for Black athletes, families, alumni, and fans to withhold athletic and financial support from public universities in Southern states tied to vo

Memorial Day is now recognized across the United States as a national day of remembrance for those who died while serving in the military. Many people mark the day with flags, cemetery visits, public ceremonies, and family gatherings. But before Memorial Day became a federal holiday, it began as a sacred act of remembrance after the Civil War. One of the earliest and most powerful origins of Memorial Day comes from Charleston, South Carolina, where newly freed slaves gathered

The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust has taken another major step in its national preservation work by returning a structured review list to Fort Bend County, Texas, identifying Freedmen cemeteries that may need historical protection, documentation, restoration support, and marker review. This effort began through the Thompson Chapel Cemetery preservation project in Sugar Land, Texas. After FRFT initiated communication regarding Thompson Chapel, Fort Bend County historical rep