African-American cemeteries across the nation are being neglected, leading to decay and erasure of Black history. Mount Auburn Cemetery is a notable exception.

Hood Design Studio has designed the African Ancestors Memorial Garden at the International African American Museum in Charleston, United States. The African Ancestors Memorial Garden at Charleston ...

Martha S. Jones’ new memoir draws on genealogical research and memories shared by relatives ...

Because of a lack of record keeping during the slavery era, tracking African American ancestry is a challenge. But a report ...

The graves of hundreds of African American tenant farmers and their families are being moved in Virginia to make way for an ...

The Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County's Black History Month workshop "Beginning African American Genealogy - The First Steps" will be hosted at the Moorhead Public Library at 118 5th St.

A decision to move the remains of hundreds African American tenant farmers from a former Virginia tobacco plantation to a ...

meets with influential African American figures, like Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock and Maya Angelou, to piece together their genealogy and disclose captivating facts about their ancestors.

Black and African American are often used interchangeably. African American is a term that some define as an ethnic group in ...

African American cemeteries have suffered neglect ... “I feel like we're reemphasizing the significance of our ancestors,” Bennett said. “It's been generations since people used that area to bury ...

The Society of African American Studies hosted Black Maternal Health: A Panel Discussion from 1-2 p.m., on Friday, April 21 in the Center for Global Citizenship, Seminar Room 124A. A recording of the ...