In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were uncovered in the heart of ...

The event occurred at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Carbondale. Attendees visited two gravesites. The first site held former African Americans who suffered from smallpox after traveling to Carbondale to ...

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 ...

Rand, whose family can trace its roots back to the 1700s, is a Democratic state senator in North Carolina. Until he watched the 2008 CNN documentary "Black in America," he had no idea that some of his ...

HAS THIS STORY FROM ANNAPOLIS. THE BANNEKER-DOUGLASS MUSEUM IN ANNAPOLIS IS A PLACE PACKED WITH HISTORY, A PLACE WHERE DENAE HENSON COMES TO CONNECT WITH HER FAMILY HISTORY. THIS IS MY ANCESTOR, MY ...

What are the best resources for finding records on African-American veterans of the 19th and 20th centuries? Military draft, enrollment and service records can provide a gold mine of information about ...

Jim Kelly honors Golisano Children's Hospital worker who helped him during grandson's stay Buffalo Bills legend and NFL Hall of Famer Jim Kelly visited Golisano Children's Hospital on Wednesday to ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Digitized records are helping to clear a path to ancestral discoveries for millions of African Americans. Today, there is a growing interest among descendants of enslaved people to ...

Americans with European heritage have long been able to pinpoint their ancestry through DNA testing, but it's only in recent years that those with African heritage have been able to trace their ...

In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were uncovered in the heart of ...