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...
Read moreUniversities Are Slow To Reveal Links To Slavery
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...
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