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Celebrate the launch of Finding Cornerstone Stories: Uncovering Inspiration in Your Family’s History with author André Kearns.

Finding Cornerstone Stories reveals tales of Black entrepreneurship and resilience from slavery to leadership through the family tree of author André Kearns. Presented as illustrated essays, the book provides inspiration on every page as the author offers his personal stories and practical guidance for readers to conduct genealogical research and discover their own family histories. 

In this reframing of American history, Brown University historian Linford Fisher traces the institution of slavery back to the earliest days of colonial settlement. Stealing America demonstrates how the enslavement of Indigenous people began just after 1492 and, for centuries following, was a key feature of land dispossession and colonial expansion.