Michael Strahan learns deep-rooted family history of Shankleville, an East Texas freedom colony
Click to learn more about 10 Million Names. Imagine meeting family for the first time in a town rooted in American history and one's own personal h...
Click to learn more about 10 Million Names. Imagine meeting family for the first time in a town rooted in American history and one's own personal history. Most Black Americans can't visit land that was owned and cultivated by their ancestors who were formerly enslaved people. But "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan was able to return to the East Texas community of Shankleville, where his ancestry could be traced to people born into slavery and set free at the end of the Civil War, who went on to build a self-sufficient Black community.