{"id":31,"date":"2019-01-23T22:38:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T22:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devrrg.radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2019-05-26T15:25:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T15:25:22","slug":"about-rrg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/about-rrg\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Radical Roots Genealogy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Radical Roots Genealogy is a project dedicated to applying the tools of genealogical research to the pursuit of human rights and social justice. Through family history research, I seek to help people increase their understanding of their ancestors&#8217; experiences and in so doing, deepen their empathy for others and increase their own sense of historical connection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lewis_W._Hine_-_Immigrant_Family_in_the_Baggage_Room_of_Ellis_Island_-_Google_Art_Project-1-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"76\" data-link=\"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/about-rrg\/lewis_w-_hine_-_immigrant_family_in_the_baggage_room_of_ellis_island_-_google_art_project-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lewis_W._Hine_-_Immigrant_Family_in_the_Baggage_Room_of_Ellis_Island_-_Google_Art_Project-1-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lewis_W._Hine_-_Immigrant_Family_in_the_Baggage_Room_of_Ellis_Island_-_Google_Art_Project-1-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lewis_W._Hine_-_Immigrant_Family_in_the_Baggage_Room_of_Ellis_Island_-_Google_Art_Project-1-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lewis_W._Hine_-_Immigrant_Family_in_the_Baggage_Room_of_Ellis_Island_-_Google_Art_Project-1-1568x1982.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lewis_W._Hine_-_Immigrant_Family_in_the_Baggage_Room_of_Ellis_Island_-_Google_Art_Project-1.jpg 1899w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Family_of_African_American_slaves_on_Smiths_Plantation_Beaufort_South_Carolina.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"79\" data-link=\"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/about-rrg\/family_of_african_american_slaves_on_smiths_plantation_beaufort_south_carolina\/\" class=\"wp-image-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Family_of_African_American_slaves_on_Smiths_Plantation_Beaufort_South_Carolina.jpg 512w, https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Family_of_African_American_slaves_on_Smiths_Plantation_Beaufort_South_Carolina-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cotton-mill.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"81\" data-link=\"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/about-rrg\/cotton-mill\/\" class=\"wp-image-81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cotton-mill.jpg 276w, https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cotton-mill-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Genealogy Research Can Be   A Force for Social Change<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">All family histories are interwoven with the social and political history of communities and nations. Learning more about our ancestors&#8217; experiences with immigration, war, religious practice and persecution, economic struggles or discrimination, we gain more understanding of people facing similar circumstances today and new insights into current social problems. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radical Roots Genealogy is a project dedicated to applying the tools of genealogical research to the pursuit of human rights and social justice. Through family history research, I seek to help people increase their understanding of their ancestors&#8217; experiences and in so doing, deepen their empathy for others and increase their own sense of historical &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/about-rrg\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is Radical Roots Genealogy?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241,"href":"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radicalrootsgenealogy.org\/wprrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}