When Brown University released its landmark report on the institution’s connections to slavery in the fall of 2006, academics and reparations advocates across...
Read moreAfrican Americans’ Struggles, Triumphs Shown in Photo Exhibition
(Media-Newswire.com) – Washington — An exhibition of 100 striking black-and-white photographs evokes the personal stories and hard-won victories of...
Read moreSlavery in the Golden State
Did slavery once exist in California? Most Californians, remembering their fourth-grade history classes, would say it did not, and history buffs might point out that...
Read moreWhere Did I Come From? TribalPages Genealogy Maps Have the Answer
Tampa, FL (PRWEB) November 27, 2007 — TribalPages.com, home to over 175,000 family tree websites, today announced the Beta release of their new Genealogy Maps...
Read moreCanadians have no idea where they came from, survey says
A quarter of Canadians do not know their grandmother’s maiden name. According to a survey of over 1,000 people across the country, almost 40 per cent of...
Read moreMystery surrounds black Confederate veteran
The life of Ike Pringle has become a sort of enigma for local historians who are trying to figure out exactly what role the slave played in the American Civil War...
Read moremyfamily.com 2.0 Beta Adds Online Family Trees from Ancestry.com
BELLEVUE, Wa., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ — myfamily.com, the leading private social networking service for families, today announced the launch of its Family Trees...
Read moreHarvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Joins Forces with Family Tree DNA to Launch AfricanDNA.com
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AfricanDNA.com, the first company dedicated to offering both genetic testing and genealogical tracing services for African...
Read moreSorenson Genomics to Bring the First-Ever Retail DNA Test to Market
SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sorenson Genomics, a leading global provider of DNA-related testing services, announced today that the Identigene DNA...
Read moreFormer S.C. slave’s legacy disputed
For years, this city has debated whether to erect a monument to one of its most divisive figures — Denmark Vesey, the convicted plotter of a 19th-century slave...
Read moreHolidays are great for probing the past; here’s how to start
Between bites of turkey and pie today, enjoy an enriching dish of family history. Thanksgiving is an ideal time to mine your family’s lore and ask some...
Read moreSettlement ends decades-old dispute over black cemetery
Descendants of a slave in Lexington will be deeded a piece of the land he once owned for a family cemetery. The agreement announced Wednesday ends a decades-old...
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