descendants

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Earlier this week, the Democratic-led Legislature also passed Senate Bill 518, which would create a new office called the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

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

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

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

By 2008, the Descendants of Olivewood had gained stewardship of the cemetery, and help from the surrounding community to maintain it.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Check on your descendants through the Demystifying Your Descendants stand!

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer