Ep 20: How Jennine Labuzan's Geneaology Research Helped A Federal Judge Say YES To Her Suing The U.S. Government!
Build Black Show | Business Growth & EntrepreneurshipShow Notes
What if researching your family tree uncovered more than names and birth records?
What if it uncovered land?
On this episode of The Build Black Show, historical researcher Jennine Labuzan joins us for a fascinating conversation about genealogy, federal land patents, ancestral property rights, and why she believes more Black Americans should investigate the records connected to their own family histories.
Jennine’s personal genealogy journey led her to documents involving her third-great-grandfather, Charles A. Labuzan, and an 1840 federal land patent. That discovery ultimately became part of an ongoing legal battle over property in Mississippi. In 2026, she filed a federal Quiet Title Act case against the United States, and a federal judge recently denied the government’s motion to dismiss that case.
Fresh off a recent feature on #RolandMartinUnfiltered, Jennine sits down with The Build Black Show to walk through the research that changed the way she saw her family history.
We discuss land patents, genealogy, public records, ancestral land, Black land loss, generational wealth, family documentation, and the questions descendants may need to start asking.
This episode isn’t just about one family’s fight.
It raises a much bigger question:
How much of our family history—and possibly our inheritance—have we simply never researched?
This conversation may have you searching your grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ names before the episode is over.
The discussion reflects the guest’s research, experiences, interpretations and ongoing legal claims and should not be considered legal advice.
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