MIDLAND, Ga. — A woman’s search for her family ended in a horrible discovery. She went to her ancestors’ final resting place but, could not find her relative. The Pierce Chapel African Cemetery was ...

The Blackwell's Kinfolk Family Tree is the largest in the collections of the Library of Congress, and counts tennis great Arthur Ashe among its descendants. The Virginia family traces its genealogical ...

HOUSTON — Juneteenth is more than a date on the calendar. It’s a return home. A time to reflect, rejoice, and reconnect. In KHOU 11’s fifth installment of our award-winning Juneteenth series, ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The Shreve Memorial Library is highlighting African American family history with its genealogy ...

(The Root) — An African-American family is at the center of a discovery that researchers say pushes back previous estimates of how deep the roots of the human family tree are. Analyzing DNA provided ...

Someone used chemicals to burn a cross and the letters "KKK" into the front yard of an African American family's home in Metairie More than four weeks after someone burned the letters KKK and the ...

The African American Family Book Expo returns to promote literacy in metro Detroit. Detroit Book City’s 9th annual African American Family Book Expo returns to promote literacy in metro Detroit and ...

Gather what you already have: Old photographs, family Bibles, letters, birth/marriage records, military records, obituaries, quilts, or heirlooms. Digitize important documents for safekeeping. Get a ...

The customs and traditions you’d find in predominantly Black churches today have a deep-rooted history. The University of Toledo’s Director of Africana Studies, Angela M. Siner, says the majority of ...

Christina Jordan has always known she was born into a family of firsts. Jordan’s family is a family of trailblazers on Sanibel Island. It all started with her grandfather, Carl Jordan, the first ...