Nestled just outside of Houston lies Kendleton — one of the first U.S. towns founded by freed slaves. Rooted in history, this ...

Researchers and volunteers uncovered more than 100 unmarked graves at a long-forgotten African American cemetery. This discovery sheds light on a community erased from official records and honours ...

Polk State College had offered the Introduction to African-American Studies course at least since the 2018-2019 academic year ...

A mission to mark unnamed graves in Mecklenburg County has led to the placement of over 180 flags at burial sites along Ridge ...

The Evergreen Negro Cemetery, a long-neglected African American gravesite, is being given new life, thanks in part to efforts ...

The installation, organized by the Center for African American Art, stands as a milestone in the museum’s evolving ...

Paterson resident David Benjamin wanted to know more about his African American ancestors who once lived across North Jersey. After doing some research, he found that some were buried in what's now ...

October 16, 1995, will forever be etched in my heart — not just as a moment in history, but as a defining moment in my own ...

Friends of Geer Cemetery works to preserve the stories of people buried at the historically African American cemetery in ...

The traveling exhibit, which opens Nov. 2, highlights the work of designer Ruth E. Carter, the first Black woman to win two ...

Some traditional leaders and locals attribute the unrest to the return of significant ancestral remains from France, believed ...

The same report found that 89.4% of SNAP recipients were U.S born citizens, meaning less than 11% of SNAP participants were foreign-born. Of the latter figure, 6.2% were naturalized citizens, 1.1% ...