descendants

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Last week, Newsom signed Senate Bill 518, which will create a new office called the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

Descendants can apply to become a citizen via a recently launched website.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

Descendants of the community work to boost its economy and preserve the local heritage and culture, put on display at the town’s annual ZORA!

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Payne, whose previous films include "Downsizing," "The Descendants" and "Election," said he wanted to tell an entertaining story that looks and feels like a movie made in 1970.

From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2023

Descendants of those societies that achieved centralized government and organized religion earliest ended up dominating the modern world.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond