An Impressive Array of New and Encore Programming Before and During Black History Month ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Throughout the year...
Read moreThe Resting Tree: An ancient tree shades slave cemetery
They say an old slave called Uncle Rube resembled Moses as he carried a tiny boy’s lifeless body to his favorite tree, where an open grave waited. It was March 1798...
Read moreBlack 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.
Read moreClarifying 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...
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...
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