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    Nikki Williams Sebastian

    Genealogist

    "Black O'Kelleys and White O'Kelleys Meet and a New History is Revealed”
    By Aisha Sultan, Home and Family Editor
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri
    ​11/19/2017
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    “A Passion for Genealogy Leads Family on Unexpected Journey”
    By Art Holliday, Sonya Potter
    Building Bridges Segment. KSDK-TV, St. Louis, Missouri
    ​06/13/2017

    Blog Mentions:
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    Journeyings without Murmurings
    "A Dad, a Grandma, and a Hundred New Cousins"
    ​    By Ruth Smedley
    ​10/01/2017

    "First African American Revolutionary War Patriot in Alabama Honored"
    ​    www.MichaelHenderson.com
    ​By Michael Henderson
    02/01/2015

    Published Articles:
    "William A. Roberson: Born a Slave in Kentucky—Died a Wealthy Man in St. Louis (2020)
    ​"The Origins of Fears of Immigrant's Diseases" (2015)
    “A Story of Racing and Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana, 1840-1860” (2017)

    Family Media Projects  


    "Women of Color Celebrate Ancestors who Fought in Revolutionary War"
    NBC Nightly News
    Producer: Kori Lynch
    07/03/2020​

    "We Are Family - The O'Kelleys - Joyce A. Huston and Argie Hoskins-Shumway"
    Blog Talk Radio with Bernice Bennett, ​
    ​Link to interview 
    04/19/2018
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    ​"Episode 232 – Cousins All: The Black O’Kelleys And The White O’Kelleys"
    Extreme Genes: America's Family History Show
    by Ryan Bennett Interview by Scott Fisher, ExtremeGenes.com
    ​04/15/2018


    "Nikki Sebastian Discussing Hark West at RootsTech 2018"
    RootsTech 2018 - Salt Lake City, Utah
    Interview by Anita Henderson, 
    ​The Genealogist's Writing Room
    03/03/2018