When Gloria Brogdon’s great-grandfather died just after the Civil War, some white folks came to the house in Charlotte County and took away the family Bible — or so...
Read moreDescendants of slaveholder join to note history
Deborah Bartley said her family always wondered why she liked sugar so much. Or why she always wanted to spend time near the water. Or even why she decorated her home...
Read moreCongresswoman takes heroic freedmen stance
Cherokee Nation Chief Chad Smith and his supporters denounced HR 2824 by U.S. Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif. The bill is designed to strip federal funding from the tribe...
Read moreAfrican refugees in 1860 burial site remembered in Key West
A recent Black History Month event in Key West honored victims at an oceanfront burial site believed to be the only African refugee cemetery in the United States. The...
Read moreMany Resources Available For Tracking Slave Ancestors
African-Americans have been celebrating their heritage throughout February as a part of Black History Month. For those who have shied away from searching for their...
Read moreCanada still a land of hope & freedom
I COULD feel ghosts swirling through the cold December air. In front of me was the modest grave of John Freeman Walls, a former slave who had escaped to Canada...
Read moreFormer student shares story of royal ancestry
Artemus Gaye knew he descended from slaves, but it took a civil war in his native Liberia, eight trips to Mississippi and years of research to discover he is also...
Read moreSouthern Indiana woman is on a mission to identify unmarked African-American cemeteries
In her hands are dowsing rods; in her coat pocket are a screwdriver, wooden craft sticks and a red and a blue pen. The red pen is to mark female graves, the blue is...
Read moreFamily wrestles slave-trade past
Keila DePoorter, a descendant of the largest slave-trading dynasty in American history, battled violent emotions during her journey to the slave dungeons in Ghana on...
Read moreSlavery’s legacy
A Tucson man descended from what’s believed to be the largest slave-trading dynasty in U.S. history is featured in a documentary about his ancestors that...
Read moreAntebellum Town a Record of Black Experience
While many African-American communities in the South dissolved after the Civil War, the residents of Flat Rock, Ga., clung to the land of their ancestors. Today, the...
Read morePBS Celebrates Black History Month With a Slate of Special Programming
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — PBS broadcasts programming created by and about African Americans year-round, from dramato public affairs to...
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