Professional genealogist Renate Yarborough Sanders will offer a free talk on Exploring Records of the Freedmen's Bureau at the next general meeting of the
Members of the Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago spent nearly a decade cataloging the burial records of Black Chicagoans. A digital archive is now at the Carter G. Woodson Regional Chicago Public Library, 9525 S. Halsted St.
Williams founded the Bronzeville Historical Society. She is being honored with the MOSAIC Award from the Chicago Cultural Alliance in the category of Outstanding Community Leader.