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

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

Nationally, the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., including the National Museum of African American History and ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — More and more African Americans are chiseling their way through the infamous 1870 "brick wall" and digging up their ancestral roots. Today, at least 19 states have chapters of the ...

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

Family trees, photo albums, and grandparents are often the go-to sources of information for people curious to know who their relatives were. Genetic ancestry is also a useful tool, but these ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Several handmade quilts were spread atop white folding tables at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, each waiting to be examined. Two women wearing cotton gloves hovered over them, ...