Yokota

Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Genealogist, and Family Historian

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

If you understand the history of Montgomery -- one of the most prolific slave-trading cities in the US turned brutally repressive apartheid regime after, and majority Black but JUST got its first Black mayor -- it gives so much more perspective to this video. Trust.

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

@shaun_harrison This is amazing! What ai app was used for this?

[JaydenLubberss @familytreegirl]

Yes, individuals and families actually rented, mortgaged, sold African Americans almost like a ritual like going to church. These. stories need to be told. It’s overwhelming 😢

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

An incredible homecoming; after 400 years in the making! #africa #sierraleone #temne https://t.co/TI5pYNltsZ

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

I’ve been told that this is the best webinar that people have ever seen on this subject. I don’t take those words lightly at all.

You should see the texts, comments, tweets, etc. I’m getting with the finds they’re making. It’s exactly what I had hoped for when I put it together

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

Guess who’s returned from Sierra Leone, 🇸🇱 Africa with dual citizenship!

Thanks to African Ancestry for making this possible!

#temne

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

I was featured in today’s National Public Radio (NPR) “Here And Now” segment on Ancestry’s newly digitized Freedmen’s Bureau Records. Listen in and check it out! https://t.co/M4KHBrRs8M

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

I registered for the next #RacismandtheEconomy webinar on Oct 20 which will focus on how systemic racism affects accrual of wealth in the United States. Join the conversation by registering for this event hosted by the 12 Federal Reserve District Banks: https://t.co/TScTkPp1d5

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

USA Today featured some of my genealogy discoveries this morning. Check it out! https://t.co/DCLHYQHzHz

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

Black genealogists make "startling" revelations tracking their former enslaved ancestors using https://t.co/m8IwCoytg5's extensive Freedmen's Bureau records. USA Today featured some of my recent genealogy discoveries in today’s issue. Check out it! https://t.co/DCLHYQHzHz

[Nicka Sewell-Smith @neeksmith]

So excited to share one of my story of my genealogy journey to trace my ancestors story while they were enslaved in a little place called East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Folks often forget that there are 63 other parishes that aren’t Orleans.

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

Had a great time chatting with Dr. Gina Paige @ African Ancestry yesterday about Genealogy! Check it out! https://t.co/1MFoP3Q1e7

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

Justice can’t wait! @LeaderHoyer,@SpeakerPelosi,@WhipClyburn,@RepJerryNadler It’s been 31 years since H.R. 40 was introduced to Congress and it’s been reintroduced almost every year since. Black people deserve justice now! Bring H.R. 40 to an immediate vote!

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

@Gregory13571653 I just found out that your set of Helaire’s was a different group from our family. One of your Mable Helaire’s descendants’ took a DNA test which shows that these are two different Helaire families. They may have the same surname but not blood related.

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

My Louisiana family roots!

[Helaire Family @HelaireFamily]

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[Yokota @Ydstrong]

#NewProfilePic I had the honor of reading to about 40 San Antonio 5th graders today. The book I chose to read to the virtual classroom was “Martin Luther King Day” by Linda Lowery.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

Political Poetry.

President Trump began his political career by spreading the racist conspiracy theory questioning the birth of the nation’s first Black president, Barack Obama, and his presidency is ending with the first Black woman as Vice President, Kamala Harris.

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

@timothyjbarron @kenyattadb @Sotterley Thanks! Just registered!

[Yokota @Ydstrong]

https://t.co/vI7CMgqqfz via @FacebookWatch Today my 105 year old grandmother, Ms. Elvira Helaire Davis, was recognized by the Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, the Mayor of Shreveport, LA, and other local City Officials! Check out the street sign & the official statement!