Support Freedmen Inventors and Preserve Freedmen History
- Freedmen Nation
- 1 day ago
- 2 min read
Across the country, Freedmen families, inventors, landowners, educators, and advocates continue to carry work that has too often been overlooked, delayed, dismissed, or left unsupported.
The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust and American Freedmen Legal Fund are building institutional support around that work.
This new campaign brings together two parts of our mission:
protecting Freedmen innovation and preserving Freedmen history.
Why Bright-Grips Matters
Bright-Grips is a patented tool created by Anthony Knight, a Freedmen inventor and member of our institutional network.
This campaign is not just about a tool. It is about recognizing the value of Freedmen invention, documenting the work behind it, and helping ensure that Freedmen creators are not left to fight alone when their products, ideas, or assets need protection.
FRFT/AFLF has provided administrative support, documentation, negotiation assistance, and structured advocacy in connection with the Bright-Grips matter. That work takes time, organization, and institutional resources.
When supporters contribute to this campaign, they are helping us continue the broader work of standing with Freedmen inventors, families, land cases, historical sites, and advocacy matters.
Adding Freedmen Historical Marker Sponsorship
We are also adding a new campaign level connected to the Freedmen Historical Marker program.
For a $500 contribution, supporters can help sponsor a Digital Freedmen Historical Marker entry. This supports the documentation, preservation, and public recognition of Freedmen history.
Digital markers allow us to preserve important stories, locations, families, institutions, cemeteries, churches, schools, businesses, and community records connected to Freedmen history.
This matters because our history should not only live in private files, family conversations, or scattered records. It should be organized, preserved, and made visible through Freedmen-led institutions.
Campaign Support Levels
$25 – General Supporter
Supports FRFT/AFLF institutional advocacy, documentation, and operational work.
$150 – Bright-Grips Inventor Supporter
Supports Freedmen inventor advocacy and includes one Bright-Grips supporter appreciation gift while supplies last.
$500 – Freedmen Historical Marker Sponsor
Supports a Digital Freedmen Historical Marker entry and includes one Bright-Grips supporter appreciation gift while supplies last.
$1,000 – Freedmen Inventor & Marker Sponsor
Supports both Freedmen inventor advocacy and historical marker documentation. Sponsor acknowledgment and Bright-Grips bundle may be available while inventory allows.
Limited Supporter Appreciation Gift
Bright-Grips supporter gifts are limited and available while supplies last. These gifts are offered as appreciation for campaign support and are based on available inventory currently controlled for campaign distribution.
This campaign is not a retail sale. It is a voluntary support campaign connected to Freedmen inventor advocacy, institutional repair work, and historical preservation.
Why Your Support Matters
FRFT/AFLF is doing the work that many institutions have refused to do.
We are documenting Freedmen history.
We are supporting Verified Freedmen.
We are helping preserve land, records, family history, and institutional claims.
We are standing with inventors and families who need organized support.
The Bright-Grips campaign gives supporters a way to help continue that work while also recognizing the importance of Freedmen innovation.
The Freedmen Historical Marker sponsorship gives supporters a way to help preserve the places, people, and stories that built our communities.
Together, this campaign supports both the future and the past: Freedmen invention and Freedmen history.
All support is voluntary and helps FRFT/AFLF continue institutional advocacy, documentation, historical preservation, and Freedmen-led repair work.
Freedmen history deserves protection.
Freedmen invention deserves support.
Freedmen institutions deserve the resources to continue the work.
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