we were fortunate to be contacted by elaine thompson, a wonderful woman who took the time to really take care of her family heirlooms. owneds a handmade tin by a family ancestor, joseph trammell. protect theto freedom papers from 1852. those papers were important to him because at any moment's notice someone could challenge is freedom and he had to prove that. he had to register every two years in virginia and it gives us more insight on the personal experience of being free during this personal time. sadly, alain has passed on but she was steward of her family's history and she was able to unpack quite a bit of her family's story. her great-niece has picked up the mantle and is carrying it forward. she is getting ready to rewrite that look at age 16 and carry that genealogical information further. toare looking forward finding out about joseph trammell and his status as a free man. we talked about the stories of free communities of color. at the time you had free african-americans who aligned with enslaved african-americans, again, a collective voice fighting for freedom. they are fight

we were fortunate to be contacted by elaine thompson, a wonderful woman in virginia who took the time to really take care of her family heirlooms. it is this handmade tin owned by her ancestor, joseph trammell. he made that to protect the freedom papers from 1852. those freedom papers were vastly important to him because at any moment's notice someone could challenges freedom and he would have to prove that. he had to register every two years in virginia and it gives us more insight on the personal experience of being free during this particular time. sadly, she has passed on but she was steward of her family's history and she was able to unpack quite a bit of her family's story. we are very fortunate because at this point, her great-niece has picked up the mantle and is carrying it forward. she wrote a book at nine with unt assistance of her great a and now she's getting ready to rewrite that book at age 16 and carry that genealogical information further. we are looking forward to finding out about joseph trammell and his status as a free black man. let's look over at the paradox of

as olympic bronze medalist torrey bowie outkicked a stacked field including gold medal winner elaine thompsonfelix. bowie's time of 21.77 is the best in the world. and how about the men's triple jump? christian taylor leaped 59 feet 5 inches, the longest triple jump ever on u.s. soil. and in the men's mile 16-year-old jacob ingebritson of norway became the first person to run a mile in 3:58.07. his two older brothers also ran subfour-minute miles. they are likely the first trio of family members to all break four minutes in the same day. that is very fast and very impressive. this abc 7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. >> and back to sergio's outfit. i don't mind being stylish on the course, but i don't think we should distract planes flying over with those pants. i think lavender is one word -- >> he should wear the green jacket. >> not with those pants, though. anthony, thank you very much for joining us. drew, thank you for that fine forecast. and that's it for tonight. i'm eric thomas. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. for drew tuma and anthony flores