Jon Batiste Uncovers The Powerful Way His Ancestor Became a Voter Finding Your Roots Ancestry

Grammy-winner Jon Batiste discovers how his third great-grandfather, a formerly enslaved man named Sam Curtis, physically left his mark as a newly registered voter under the Reconstruction Acts on PBS’s Finding Your Roots. https://visitancestry.com/45E9ffl

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00:00 Introduction
0:15 Jon Batiste’s inspiring family story
1:06 Jon Batiste finds his 3rd great-grandfather’s voter registration
2:27 Jon Batiste reacts to his family’s fight for freedom

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