The sign on the gate reads “No Trespassing.” The historic marker on the side of the road informs passersby that this is the Levi Jordan Plantation — “Home built...
Read moreGetting to the Root of It: Sullivan Foundation Invites Attendees to Trace their Roots & Share in Africa’s History
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Guests at the Sullivan Foundation’s Fifth Biennial Awards Dinner will be invited to trace theirroots and...
Read moreHolding on to history may cost county dearly
DURHAM – Durham County’s history is falling apart, and it will cost taxpayers nearly a million bucks to put it all back together.That’s the cost of...
Read moreThe Epic of Ota Benga
In 1906 a Batwa tribesman from the Congo named Ota Benga was put in a cage and exhibited alongside an orangutan at the Bronx Zoo. The tribesman first arrived in the...
Read moreAfricans’ Presence in Europe: Historical Perspective
Most of us seem to think that the presence of Africans in Europe is of recent times, though history shows otherwise. Africa had flourishing societies and highly...
Read moreState still has Civil War medals for 200 in black Union companies
Seven months after the Civil War ended and one week before ratification of the 13th Amendment made slavery unconstitutional, two West Virginia companies of an...
Read moreGroup fighting to save Love Cemetery in East Texas
SCOTTSVILLE, Texas – Doris Vitatoe paused midway through a cut-over thicket, deep in a pine forest, and nudged a mangled bit of metal with her cowboy boot. RON...
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