During my visit with Jane Meader Nye, volunteer in the Saratoga County Historian’s Office, I was able to see her current project–an Index to African-American...
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Jean Douglas wants to know her name. Oh, she knows the name her parents gave her. She knows the names of her parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. But beyond...
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The old slave quarters of the Aiken family reveal many stories of slave life and culture in Charleston in the 19th century. Ironworking and the ability to cultivate...
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The realty sign touted Taft as an Oklahoma town to call home “amid healthy, happy and prosperous surroundings.” For some black families yearning to escape the...
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