Run, Lift & Live

02/15/2026

Last week, 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, and the 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 in New York all informed me that they would be acquiring my book for their collections! Also, yesterday, the 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 said the same!

𝗣.𝗦. This morning, I received the Connecticut Explored newsletter and my book is mentioned! If you haven't yet, please consider pre-ordering my book on Amazon. It helps tremendously in my ranking, which also gets it into more Universities! You can pre-order at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJ2LP7TH/

Still walking...

02/13/2026

We find our ancestors; we clean and repair their headstones; we give their stories back to their current-day descendants; and we inject them into the communities where they lived, worked or died.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, aligning to the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, we're adding to our activism by contextualizing and publishing the stories of our ancestors, all from the perspective of a descendant.

𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿... one in April and another in October. Pre-order the first on Amazon at https://PrimusBook.com

Still walking...

02/10/2026

Front page! Honoring the ancestors as a proud descendant of the enslaved... telling stories from the perspective of a descendant, without hesitation nor shame. I will never stop. 🙏🏿

02/09/2026

This is behind a paywall, so I can't access it, but if you are a school or teacher who has access to 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, let me know your thoughts!

Still walking...

John Mills is a genealogist who helps African American families learn about their ancestry.

02/01/2026

God is working! 😊🙏🏿 Pre-order at https://PrimusBook.com ❤️

01/31/2026

Looking forward to speaking at Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury! It's a free event! It occurs on February 11 at 6:30pm. Swing by!

On February 11, 2025 at 6:30pm, John Mills will be giving a lecture for the Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury, CT.

01/29/2026

We're #35 in the Amazon overall Best Sellers List for books about African American History! Yay!!! THANK YOU!!! ❤️

Pre-order at https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Primus-Lineage-American-History/dp/B0GJ2LP7TH

01/27/2026

We just opened pre-order and we're already the:

- #1 new release in U.S. Revolution & Founding History
- #1 new release in Revolutionary Biographies
- #1 new release in African American History

YAY!!!!! Let's keep the momentum going! Pre-order at https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Primus-Lineage-American-History/dp/B0GJ2LP7TH

THANK YOU!!! ❤️❤️❤️

01/26/2026

It's a common misnomer that 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝘂𝘀 spent most of his life enslaved to Ebenezer Lathrop. But in fact, he was freed at the death of Ebenezer's cousin, Simon Lathrop, on 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟱, 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟰.

Coincidentally, my book opened for pre-order yesterday, 𝟮𝟱𝟮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝘂𝘀. You can pre-order on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Primus-Lineage-American-History/dp/B0GJ2LP7TH

Still walking...

12/02/2025

This year, we found the descendants of the 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻/ 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 of Simsbury, CT, giving them their history back and honoring them with a monument.

We unveiled a street sign for a formerly enslaved Middletown man named 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿.

We found the descendants of 𝗣𝘃𝘁. 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 and gave them their history back.

We found the descendants of 𝗦𝗴𝘁. 𝗠𝗮𝗷. 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗻, correcting his misidentified image at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and giving his family their history back.

We found the descendants of 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 and brought them to the Bullock Mansion in Roswell, GA. We also repaired her headstone.

We found the parade route of the 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 & 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 and organized the first memorial walk celebrating the 160th anniversary of their return from the Civil War.

I pray you will help us continue our work. On this please consider my small non-profit. Our work is all passion... a labor of love and a desire to serve. You can donate at https://alexbreanne.org/donate

God bless. 🙏🏿