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We're incredibly proud of the work our summer interns have done: - Savion Watson pushed past Webflow's limitations to develop new SEO pages for our Black cemeteries database (https://lnkd.in/gTep5Aqb). This helps bring our mission to preserve historically Black cemeteries to life and save this information from aging websites. 230 cemeteries in Texas are currently live! - Noelle Brown pitched the idea for a kinkofa x The Sims Legacy Challenge, designed to engage Gen Z and Millennial Black Simmers in learning about family history and kinkofa in a fun and engaging way. Through user interviews, it’s already getting rave reviews! - Felix Gonzalez added 80K+ names to our Black cemeteries database, which will allow more people to discover vital information about their ancestors. Thank y'all for your dedication and meaningful contributions to preserving and sharing #BlackHistory! #kinkofa cc: DivInc #BlackstoneLaunchpad

Here's the tea on what happened after #Juneteenth: Although General Order No. 3 was an important milestone, slavery didn't truly end that day. While it promised Black Texans equal rights, it also told them to stay on plantations as "employees." The formerly enslaved were encouraged to sign labor contracts with their former enslavers, leading to sharecropping — a system that often trapped Black folx in debt and poverty. Despite these challenges, freedpeople persisted during the Reconstruction period (1865-1874). They voted, organized, demanded fair wages, educated themselves, worshiped freely, and held political office. However, increasing violence and diminishing opportunities led many to establish their own communities, known as Freedman's Towns or Freedom Colonies. Between 1865 and 1930, over 500 Freedom Colonies were established across East Texas. These colonies provided safe havens where African Americans could reunite with loved ones and escape debt bondage and violence. One notable community was the Tenth Street Historic District in #Dallas, #Texas. The settlement expanded as freedpeople purchased lots and built beautiful bungalow and craftsman-style homes. This area became a hub for social, political, and economic organizing. Excluded from white society, families here created a vibrant world of their own. They built their own economy with Black-owned businesses providing essential services and social spaces. As the nation's largest and most-intact Freedman's Town, Tenth Street offers a rare view into Dallas's past and highlights the resilience of Black American communities everywhere. Our work continues to document, preserve, and amplify Tenth Street's rich history. We — along with our partners Remembering Black Dallas + Katie Cross — recently received Juneteenth coverage highlighting these efforts. Check it out here: * https://lnkd.in/gVYqXBuy * https://lnkd.in/g4NsSDmV * https://lnkd.in/gvdrzTKk * https://lnkd.in/gQUJHCX3 #FreedomColonies #BlackHistory #TenthStreet #Reconstruction #History #Preservation

🔊Celebrating #Juneteenth with a special snippet from kinkofa cofounder Jourdan Brunson’s grandmother sharing a story about this important day. Her memories keep our history alive and show us the power of our roots. 👀Want to keep your family’s stories alive too? Check out our Rememory app. It’s a FREE web app that helps you document and preserve your family’s stories via audio and video recordings. ✨ Head to kinkofa.com/rememory to start capturing those priceless stories today! #FamilyHistory #OralHistory #Legacy #Kinkofa #RememoryApp #BlackHistory

Shoutout to Shaun Rabb of KDFW-TV FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth for helping us amplify the work we’re doing to preserve the story of the nation’s largest, most-intact Freedman’s Town.

Kicking off an exciting two weeks with Milky Way Tech Hub today! We'll be exploring ethical implementation of AI and much more. We're already feeling inspired by the brilliant founders in our cohort who are building equally impactful businesses.

Throughout #BHM , we want to celebrate our amazing portfolio founders and the work they're doing to help bring more equity and access to their varying industries. Today, we want to highlight kinkofa (who we're sure you've seen plenty of on our pages because they continue to make waves and successes!) - a startup on a mission to bring generations together to uncover, record, and preserve Black family stories with pride and dignity. Read on to learn more about the Visionaries behind kinkofa! 🖤 #portfolio #founderspotlight #founders #fundblackfounders #blackhistorymonth

🥹 Y'ALL - WE MADE A GAME! When we first started kinkofa, one of our biggest goals was to make preserving family history way more fun than it currently is. Over the past few months, we: came up with the idea for a game, play-tested it with family and friends, sourced printers, and now we're stoked to announce it's here! #PreserveTheCulture brings generations together for quality time, memorable conversations, and FUN! The best part?! It blends oral storytelling traditions with tech. As a sidekick to Rememory, our oral history recording tool - users and their loved ones can record and preserve cherished family stories digitally while enjoying the game. 🫱🏾🫲🏽 ORDER HERE: https://lnkd.in/g3aXAs8y

😃Honored to be a Library of Congress Community Collections Grant 2023 Awardees alongside Remembering Black Dallas. ‘If Tenth Street Could Talk’ is a community-driven multimedia project that documents the stories, experiences, and perspectives of residents and descendants of Tenth Street Historic Freedman’s Town District in Dallas, Texas. Find our mid-project update here: 🔗— https://lnkd.in/gRkNczwp

🎉 We're in the home stretch! kinkofa is a semifinalist for TechRise Chicago's Pitch Competition bringing us one step closer to securing $100,000 to support our mission. We're committed to preserving the unique stories of our communities. ✅ Now, we need your support to advance to the final round. It's a vote not just for us but for the importance of preserving Black family histories ✊🏾 - especially during a time when there's active attempts to keep us from learning our true history. 🗳 Please vote daily from your phone and computer until Friday, 10/27 at Noon CST: https://lnkd.in/gnF_vSaA On another note, stay tuned! We've got some exciting product updates launching soon that will bring generations together to preserve our family stories in a very fun way. #StartupJourney #BlackFounders #historicpreservation

🎉 We're in the home stretch! kinkofa is a semifinalist for TechRise Chicago's Pitch Competition bringing us one step closer to securing $100,000 to support our mission. We're committed to preserving the unique stories of our communities. ✅ Now, we need your support to advance to the final round. It's a vote not just for us but for the importance of preserving Black family histories ✊🏾 - especially during a time when there's active attempts to keep us from learning our true history. 🗳 Please vote daily from your phone and computer until Friday, 10/27 at Noon CST: https://lnkd.in/gnF_vSaA On another note, stay tuned! We've got some exciting product updates launching soon that will bring generations together to preserve our family stories in a very fun way. #StartupJourney #BlackFounders #historicpreservation