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...
Read moreArchaeologists 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...
Read moreRace 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...
Read moreGenealogy 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...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreNew 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...
Read moreSearching 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...
Read moreOne 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...
Read moreStory 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...
Read moreCanady 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...
Read moreIn 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...
Read moreWoman on crusade to reclaim long-forgotten cemetery
Since she was a girl, Sonya Hodges had been told the cemetery where her grandfather was buried was gone. In July, she went to see for herself. What she found behind...
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