Donna Beasley

Through her workshops as well as in her books, Donna Beasley teaches African Americans how to trace their roots. Family Pride: The Complete Guide to Tracing African-American Genealogy is the definitive source for starting research on family history. Beasley simplifies the sometimes-overwhelming toon meer subject and provides answers to commonplace problems. In The Family Reunion Planner Beasley outlines the steps to reuniting African American families throughout the United States. She feels that the family reunion is an important part of the African American national culture. As president of Lindsey Publications, Beasley publishes African American children's books. She has also been a freelance writer and an advertising executive. Beasley has conducted workshops at the Museum of African American History. She is an advocate for black family pride and has spent 15 years researching her family's genealogy. She can trace her own family roots back to1790. < Beasley lives in Chicago. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder