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Our materials are created to feed the soul, challenge the narrative, and equip Black Americans with the tools to research their true lineage.

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Gold Blue Texture Digital Journal Stitched Bound Book Front Cover
Cover of “Rebuilding the Tree” by T’Malkia Zuri, showing a Black family tree blended with digital AI symbols and ancestral imagery.
Cover of “A Black American Genealogy Guide for Tree Starters” by T’Malkia Zuri, featuring a family tree on a scroll.
Book cover of The Hidden War: How Systems Were Weaponized to Reprogram Black Americans by Empress T’Malkia Zuri, Volume I of Revelations of the Remembered.
Front cover of We Built This Beep by T’Malkia Zuri, a documented historical work on Black American builders, visionaries, farmers, and founders.
Front cover of The Reclamation: Culture, Land, and Identity in the Age of Awakening by Empress T’Malkia Zuri, featuring ancestral imagery in warm earth tones.
Illustrated book cover featuring a young Black woman with natural locs standing tall, her torso transforming into deep roots merging with the land. Behind her, ancestral Black American faces emerge from golden clouds. The title reads: “Revelations of the Remembered – A Message for Black Americans Waking Up in the 21st Century” by Empress T’Malkia Zuri.
Book cover illustration showing two Black Indigenous women split down the center—one free and one in chains—with the word “ERASED” stamped across them, symbolizing the forced reclassification and erasure of Black Indigenous identity.
Book cover image featuring the 15th Amendment text from the U.S. Constitution
August 4ourth Book Cover – Emancipation Day and Negro Celebrations in Randolph County by T'Malkia Zuri
Cover of We Invented This Beep, documenting the historical receipts of Black American inventors, engineers, and innovators.
Cover of We Ran This Beep, a documented Black American history book featuring archival newspaper text and bold typography.
We Taught This Beep Cover 11 9 2025
colored bases in moberly misouri 1890 1950 front cover revised
Front book cover of Delineation: Why Separation Is Survival for Black Americans in the 21st Century by Empress T’Malkia Zuri, showing a Black family walking forward together at sunset.
Cover of the book Prisoners of War, featuring white and red leafless trees and a broken-shackle symbol, with the subtitle “Historical Accounts of Chattel Slavery in Randolph County, Missouri – Missouri, 1820–1865.”
Book cover titled Indictment showing a burning U.S. document behind a judge’s gavel, symbolizing justice, legal reckoning, and destruction of false narratives.
Front cover of Misclassified: DNA Testing Myths and the Erasure of Black American History, featuring layered Black faces over DNA strands symbolizing identity distortion and historical erasure.
Book cover of “Sanctuaries of Faith: Historical Accounts of Negro Churches in Moberly, Missouri 1890–1950” by T’Malkia Zuri, featuring vintage-style artwork of praying hands, clouds, a cross, and spiritual symbols on a dark maroon background.
Book cover of Colored Visions, featuring archival images of Black men and women from Moberly, Missouri, with the subtitle “10 Historical News Accounts of Moberly’s Notable Negroes – Randolph County, Missouri 1860–1960.”

    FAQ

    Frequently Asked Questions

    You were never meant to do this alone. Tracing our lineage is sacred work — a calling passed down through blood and spirit. Even when the records are broken or the names are wrong, the truth is still there, waiting. This space was built to help you uncover it with guided steps, intuitive tools, and the ancestral wisdom already rising in you.

    Pencil sketch of a young Black boy standing with eyes closed and hand over heart, as sun rays pour down onto his head. His legs extend into deep tree roots, with ancestral silhouettes in the background.

    If you’ve got a surname, a family story, or even just a feeling — you’re ready. We meet you where you are. No fancy tools or DNA kits required to begin.

    No. In fact, we teach you how to work around the confusion many DNA tests bring — especially for Black Americans who were reclassified or mislabeled. Paper records and oral history go a long way.

    Trace Thy Roots was built specifically for Black Americans. We focus on real records, not myths — and we use AI to help restore what was erased. This isn’t ancestry entertainment. This is lineage restoration.

    Just internet access, curiosity, and a willingness to see your family in a new light. Everything else — tools, downloads, and instructions — is included.

    The courses are fully self-paced so you can go at your own rhythm. Whether you have 20 minutes or 2 hours a week, it’s designed to fit into your life.

    While anyone is welcome, the curriculum centers the Black American experience — especially descendants of the reclassified, the renamed, and the erased. If that’s not your background, we still invite you to learn respectfully.

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