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Category: African Ancestors

Quote: Arturo Schomburg

January 26, 2023 Ken Johnston

I came across this picture today of Arturo Schomburg in my photo library. It was taken in Auburn, New York…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, New York, People, Puerto Rico

Remembering Nana Harriet’s Rescue

December 26, 2022 Ken Johnston

Last Saturday, December 24, 2022, five brave souls rendezvoused with Linda Harris and I in Preston, Maryland, on the grounds…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman, Resistance, Underground Railroad, Walking

Descendant: Saladin Allah

December 21, 2022 Ken Johnston

Of the many amazing people I met during my 2022 walk to Canada, Saladin Allah, was one of the more…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Interview, Josiah Henson, Underground Railroad, Video

Mississippi John Hurt “You Got to Walk that Lonesome Valley”

November 3, 2022 Ken Johnston

Recently I came across a Twitter post of someone remembering the late, great, Mississippi John Hurt singing “You Got to…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Walking

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Commissions the Sandy Ground, Staten Island Ferry Named for New York’s First Free Black Community

November 2, 2022 Ken Johnston

I missed this Black History Month news item earlier this year and I felt it was important to share it.…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Maritime Underground Railroad, New York, Underground Railroad

Mural Dedication: Convention of Colored People

October 29, 2022 Ken Johnston

A wonderful part of my afternoon recently was spent attending the mural dedication of the Convention of Colored People in…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Murals

Crossing Into Canada

October 28, 2022 Ken Johnston

The feeling of Freedom were so many things inside of me at this moment as I crossed into Canada early…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Call of Ancestors, Canada, Freedom, mile marker, New York, Philadelphia, Resistance, Underground Railroad, Walking

Maybee Farm

August 3, 2022 Ken Johnston

On Saturday July 30, I left the Empire State Trail to find the Mabee Farm  about 9/10th of a mile…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Interview, New York

Persons of Color Cemetery

July 26, 2022 Ken Johnston

When I arrived in Kinderhook on Monday July 25, I met Warren Applegate a volunteer for the “Persons of Color…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Interview, Irish Diaspora

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