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December 28, 2009 376 0

Black Genealogy: Self-Liberator and Therauputic Tool

Genealogy lecture from Elaine Pinderhughes, Professor Emerita and former chair of the clinical sequence at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work.

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December 22, 2009 374 0

Clarifying African, African-American Ancestry

People who identify as African-American may be as little as 1 percent West African or as much as 99 percent, just one finding of a large-scale, genome-wide study of...

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December 21, 2009 372 0

Archaeologists dig Westampton

After what was deemed a successful dig in October, archaeologists will resume their task of unearthing a freed slave settlement called Timbuctoo. David Orr, a...

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December 21, 2009 402 0

Race against time

Eugene Frazier and Thomas Johnson surveyed a forest of graves at a hidden cemetery on James Island where they said more than 200 people are laid to rest. Most of the...

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December 3, 2009 361 0

Genealogy brings history to life for black youth

Speaking to her reflection in a wall-to-wall mirror in her grandmother’s living room one evening, 10-year-old McKinzie Domer summoned her great-great-great-great...

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December 1, 2009 413 0

The DNA Debate: Can it help black Chicagoans find African relatives?

Many African-Americans are using technology to aid their search for identity. While there are many ways to use DNA, some black Americans are using it to supplement...

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November 29, 2009 476 0

New Liberia Census Transcriptions

Four new Liberian census transcriptions for the Colony of Liberia taken September, 1843. Census of the town of Sinoe: http://ccharity.com/liberia/sinoecensus.htm...

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November 11, 2009 386 0

Searching for family, Chicagoans trace their roots

Kimberly Warren was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2005. In March, she began to search her family history to find where the gene might have come from. “It’s...

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November 8, 2009 376 0

One Man Bought Freedom From Slavery At Unusual Price

A Williamson County slave used the common chair to break down racial barriers. A Maury County exhibit is bringing Dick Poynor’s story to life. Between the...

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October 29, 2009 377 0

Story of Americans with Native and black ancestry stirs deep emotions

An exhibition opening this fall at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian explores the identity of people whose ancestry is both African American...

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October 9, 2009 404 0

Canady family traces history to slavery

In 1929, Little Jim Canady’s family could not afford the luxury of a conventional grave marker, but his son, Ira Canady Sr., took measures to ensure this burial...

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October 7, 2009 386 0

In First Lady’s Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery

In 1850, the elderly master of a South Carolina estate took pen in hand and painstakingly divided up his possessions. Among the spinning wheels, scythes, tablecloths...

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