Public Educator/Family Historian/Genealogist Blog: https://radiantrootsboricuabranches.com/https://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3ml22bu57sk2h@joyannreid.bsky.social I can be reached at rrbbgenealogy@gmail.com04 May 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml22bu57sk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3ml22af7g6s2h@joyannreid.bsky.social We also need to discuss my Letter to the editor because AIPAC money is involved. LETTER: Historian Calls Marshlands Conservancy Project 'Act of Historical Violence' - MyRye.com https://share.google/how24VrQNB0ScDQKw https://MyRye.com04 May 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml22af7g6s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3ml226sdocc2h@joyannreid.bsky.social I wanted to talk to you about helping me to promote an annual Pirates Day Parade on yhe Coney Island Boardwalk. I am a direct descendant of Abraham (not Anthony) Jansen Van Salee. I will also be the First Daughter of Color in the Society for Daughters of the Holland Dames.04 May 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml226sdocc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3mkzzzbnnlk2h@joyannreid.bsky.social I tried to reach you on IG, but I keep getting a "something went wrong" message. Please check out my blog: Radiant Roots, Boricua Branches | Musings on My Tri-racial Black and Puerto Rican Ancestry. https://share.google/ExXg0BbRAlB0zioy704 May 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzzzbnnlk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3mkzzv6o3pc2h@joyannreid.bsky.social04 May 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzzv6o3pc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3mkzl6fzld226@luisclemens.bsky.social I just came across your account. Not too sure if you remember me from Camp BoBo. I am now a public educator and coming out with a new book this September. The title is Descendants of the Dispossessed: Family, Freedom, and the Unfinished American Revolution.04 May 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzl6fzld226https://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3m54sqpp2u22uWhew! Endogamy is a BIG THANG in my family. Uncles and nieces, first cousins...Learn all about it here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54sqpp2u22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3lz4e2ajums2oHere is my latest article on my 5x ggf. #DAR #FBA #NewAmsterdam #NewNetherlands #FirstAfricans #AtlanticCreoles The Life and Times of Black Patriot Samuel Freeman: Born Free and Enslaved During the American Revolution | Radiant Roots, Boricua Branches https://share.google/JIDjpr4JLoGOY5idm18 Sep 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4e2ajums2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3lrayvuvftk2nHere is the conclusion of my series on #BlackLoyalists in #Westchester and #Dutchess Counties #NY. ##RevolutionaryWar #AmericanRevolution https://radiantrootsboricuabranches.com/the-fate-of-the-black-loyalists-of-westchester-and-dutchess-counties-ny-conclusion/10 Jun 2025 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrayvuvftk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3ll5dnbtsjs26From what I have been told, the owner had to resign in order for jer to by back the company. Of course, I will delete my dat if a Plecker buys the company. Holding steady for now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2025 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5dnbtsjs26https://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3lkxq6htbhk2wKudos to these two artists! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Mar 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkxq6htbhk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3lkxq4i4dek2w@shananys.bsky.social Here is my latest article. #RevolutionaryWar #BlackLoyalists #Westchester #Dutchess #NY250 #RR250 #Indigenous #AfroIndigenous #AmericanRevolution https://radiantrootsboricuabranches.com/the-fate-of-the-black-loyalists-of-westchester-and-dutchess-counties-ny-part-2/22 Mar 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkxq4i4dek2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3lk4fgksfws27This new book is a MUST read. My #Indigenous, #African, #AfroIndigenous, and #Malagasy ancestors were survivors of #Dutch the #SlaveTrade.11 Mar 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4fgksfws27https://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3lhlco7hlg222My new blogpost! #RediscoveringLatinidad brought da noise and da funk with The Fall of #23andme . https://radiantrootsboricuabranches.com/the-fall-of-23andme-la-caida-de-23andme-rediscovering-latinidad-podcast/07 Feb 2025 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlco7hlg222https://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3lfwebafb3s22I have stood with #MichelleObama since Day 1. I will be standing with her on #MLK Day along with the family of MLK. We will keep fighting the powers that be.17 Jan 2025 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfwebafb3s22https://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3le2bqerans2qHere is my new blog post. Please share with your social networks. We will not stand silently by and see our #Afro-Indigenous #BlackPatriot, John "Rifle Jack" Peterson be erased from history. Please leave comments on my blog. This is unacceptable! https://radiantrootsboricuabranches.com/denial-is-a-river-on-the-hudson-they-dont-know-jack/24 Dec 2024 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3le2bqerans2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3ldk4uktsjc2lHot off the press! My latest article. It's a first of 3. #BlackLoyalists #Westchester #Dutchess #NewYork https://radiantrootsboricuabranches.com/the-fate-of-the-black-loyalists-of-westchester-and-dutchess-counties-ny/18 Dec 2024 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldk4uktsjc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3lbgybqkhfk22I will be reviewing this novella over the weekend. It looks like a fun read and a needed break from all the history books I am reading.21 Nov 2024 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbgybqkhfk22https://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3law6hdfejc2cI'm looking forward to tomorrow night's conversation at the Council 400 talk sponsored by Black Gotham Experience. #Broolyn was always a vibe. My ancestors were the #DoOrDie #Bed-Stuy perps. #VanSalee #Janse #Francisco #Bastian #Anthony #Portugis #Pieters #Canarsie #AfroIndigenous14 Nov 2024 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3law6hdfejc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social/post/3laqlqbw2hk2mIt's going to take me more than a minute to get used to the Blue Butterfly, but here I am. https://media.tenor.com/Lbrr3HR3CnkAAAAC/snoop-dogg-rap.gif?hh=498&ww=31412 Nov 2024 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:qlu4ss5gl5lfcuiu2l57arja/app.bsky.feed.post/3laqlqbw2hk2m