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Articles by Sam Starks
Good Genealogy. Bad Genealogy.
Genealogist Sam Starks explains how people with enslaved ancestry can reclaim their stories through a three-circle approach centered on family memories, records, and DNA reconnections. Editor's Note: This is Part Two of Sam Stark’s Black Genealogy series, featuring his personal take. Read Part One Here. Long before I was a genealogist — before I even knew the word genealogy — I had a sense of what it meant from past experiences. For me, it was either good or bad.
Black Americans Explore Genealogy In The Face of Slavery
A Black genealogist challenges traditional ancestry research and offers a three-circle strategy to help descendants of the enslaved reclaim family stories. In 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to speak at the 76th anniversary of American independence. A man who had been enslaved was asked to address freedom in a country that still held millions of his people in chains.
Atlanta Fails to Address Police Reform in a Defining Moment of History | Daily Report
Sam Starks, senior attorney, the Cochran Firm Atlanta. (Courtesy photo) The swiftness of the George Floyd civil settlement and the criminal conviction of the Minneapolis police officer for murdering Floyd highlights Atlanta’s lack of political leadership and progress toward achieving justice and reform in policing. While Atlanta was once at the forefront of the “Civil Rights Movement” the same cannot be said for Atlanta’s role in the current “Black Lives Matter” movement.
Capitol Riots Showed Racial Inequities in Policing
Commentary Imagine the carnage, bloodshed and mass arrests that would have resulted at the Capitol if a violent mob of Black rioters, bent on insurrection, stormed the Capitol building while Congress was in session. Sam Starks, a senior attorney with The Cochran Firm in Atlanta.
Arbery's Death Shows Black Man Can Be Killed on 'Mere Suspicion'
Commentary The senseless and brutal killing of Arbery illustrates the ongoing problem and viciousness of racism, specifically racial profiling and stereotyping of black people as criminals who must be captured, punished, and taught a lesson. Sam Starks, a senior attorney with The Cochran Firm Atlanta/courtesy photo The killing of Ahmaud Arbery reveals a number of troubling truths about our society, law enforcement and the criminal justice system.
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