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Guides

Plain answers, every fact linked to its source.

  1. African American Genealogy: How to Get Past 1870
    Family History

    Why the trail seems to stop, and the records that carry your family through it.

  2. Annie Turnbo Malone: The Woman Who Built Poro
    History

    She built a Black beauty company and a college in St. Louis, trained the woman who became Madam C.J. Walker, and gave most of her money away.

  3. Black History Facts: 10 With the Receipts
    History

    Ten facts worth teaching at your table, each one linked to the record so you can show your work.

  4. Black Homeownership Programs: What Actually Helps You Buy
    Housing

    The real help for first-time buyers, where to find it, and what to do if you are treated unfairly.

  5. Black Land Ownership: What We Built, What We Lost, What Is Left
    Land

    From forty acres taken back to millions of acres bought, lost and still held today.

  6. Black Owned Banks: All 24 on the Federal List
    Banking

    Every bank the FDIC counts as Black or African American, plus how to find one or a credit union near you.

  7. Black Owned Businesses Near Me: How to Find Them and Confirm Them
    Black Business

    Four places to look, and how to tell a checked listing from a label anyone can claim.

  8. The Black Wealth Gap: What the Fed's Newest Numbers Say
    Wealth

    The 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, in plain numbers, and what a family can do with them.

  9. Grants for Black Business Owners: What Is Real in 2026
    Black Business

    Where the money actually is, why the lists online mislead you, and how to spot a scam.

  10. How to Buy Land: A Plain Guide for Our Families
    Land

    Eight steps to check before you sign, so the land you buy is land you can actually use and keep.