Attorney Michael Coard, representing the Avenging the Ancestors Coalition, told attendees that federal officials set the ...

Her Feb. 22 presentation at the Moorhead Public Library is sponsored by the Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County and part of their Black History Month programming. The Historical & Cultural ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Have you ever wondered about where you come from? Or the history of your ancestors? In honor of Black History Month, one organization is helping African Americans learn more ...

NORFOLK, Va. — There is an ambitious project underway to recover 10 million names of enslaved people of African descent. These slaves connect to some 44 million descendants. Unfortunately, finding ...

NORFOLK, Va. — There's a name that means power to Dunnsville, Virginia man Ronnie Sidney II: Lewis Corbin. Corbin was Sidney's third great-grandfather. He escaped slavery from the Bellevue Plantation ...

The Black, Native American and Italian communities in Utah will be the focus of a trio of cultural events this weekend.

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – As we continue to recognize Black History Month, an exhibit celebrated and acknowledged Amherst’s African American ancestors Tuesday night. The Ancestral Bridges Exhibit was ...

CARBONDALE — To kickstart a week of Juneteenth festivities, the African American Museum of Southern Illinois honored the freed slaves buried in Woodlawn Cemetery with prayer, song and spoken word.

Long before 'mermaidcore,' Black mermaids haunted American history, their siren song a clarion call for rebellion against ...

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 ...

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