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August 30, 2009 471 0

Awareness Of African Ancestry

Many African-Americans, including this writer, have wondered exactly where in Africa our roots can be traced. I had a heritage honor last week. That was to present to...

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August 25, 2009 500 0

For D.C. Family, a Distinguished, if Little-Known, Ancestor

History has a way of sneaking up on a family, changing how its members see their place in the world. Sometimes it’s a skeleton that bursts out of the closet...

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August 18, 2009 449 0

Abolition Day To Be Commemorated At Key West Florida’s 1860 African Burial Ground

The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition is to be commemorated at an oceanfront Key West site believed to be the only African...

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August 16, 2009 465 0

What freedom brings

The walls of Erwin Polk’s study are lined with old photographs of men and women who lived over the years of the past two centuries. They track a family whose...

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August 12, 2009 449 0

Starstruck Clare residents scramble to find ties to Muhammed Ali

An Irish heritage center in County Clare is being flooded with phone calls from Ennis residents looking to establish ancestral ties with American boxing great...

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August 10, 2009 458 0

Historic Stagville in Durham helps family genealogists trace African American roots

The Family Tree project at Historic Stagville, located in Durham County, NC, may be a valuable resource for family genealogists tracing their African American roots...

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August 9, 2009 470 0

Bradley Academy to begin recording African-American cemeteries

The Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center in Murfreesboro is starting a new project to record all of the African American cemeteries in Rutherford County. “This...

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August 9, 2009 476 0

Ned Broadus remembers slave life in Falls County

Ned Broadus left for future generations his stories of slavery on the Churchill Jones plantation in Falls County. He provides insight into the lives of Central Texas...

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