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Read moreFinding Herself Through African Ancestry DNA & Genealogy
Come travel with me to Niger, Africa. The homeland of my maternal ancestors. We can make the connections now through African Ancestry DNA and genealogy.
Read moreFamily trees start at the root
Alexandrian Carolyn Philips McCrae knew that Gaines and Hodge, the two names etched into the pages of her 19th-century Bible, hinted at her family roots, but she...
Read moreProQuest celebrates National Library Week
To celebrate libraries and the ways you help communities thrive – ProQuest offers free, open access to many popular resources. Access is available from April 12...
Read moreWomen discover rewards, disappointments in searches
The branches stretching through Patricia Moncure Thomas’ family tree are peopled with blacks and whites, slave owners and likely slaves, founding fathers and an...
Read moreRelatives of OKC resident documented in Depression-era slave narrative share more family history
What’s it like to be raised by an ex-slave? Ask Frank Luster. The Oklahoma City resident was born 89 years ago as the grandson of emancipated slave Bert Luster. After...
Read morePreserving black history, with Smithsonian help
Like so many black Americans before him, Marvin Greer figured slavery and migration had hopelessly scattered the heirlooms of his family’s past. Now he’s...
Read moreKansas State Archives Exoduster Reconnection IV Conference
Votaw Colony Museum, Inc. announces Reconnection IV Conference which highlights the history and heritage of African American settlements in Kansas. This years event...
Read more70% African, 30% European: Who am I now?
I have spent a lot of time over the past few days ruminating on racial identity. My thoughts were sparked by a confluence of events: Last week, PBS aired the final...
Read moreGift preserves rare history
Frank W. Davis Sr. was an ordinary man. He ran a business, raised a family and was dedicated to his church and his Masonic lodge, said his granddaughter, Josie Davis...
Read moreAn Ancestry of African-Native Americans
Angela Walton-Raji has been researching African-Native American genealogy for nearly 20 years and is the author of the book Black Indian Genealogy Research...
Read morePardons pushed for Kentuckians convicted of helping slaves escape
The Rev. Calvin Fairbank spent 17 years in a Kentucky prison — suffering beatings and brutal labor — for committing the felony of helping slaves escape to freedom...
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