Melissa Berry writes more about abolitionist families who acted as “conductors” on the Underground Railroad in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania... (Read More)
Melissa Berry writes about abolitionist families who for many years acted as “conductors” on the Underground Railroad in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania... (Read More)
Jane Cook’s follow-up to her story about Black singer Marian Anderson’s 1939 Easter concert to an integrated audience of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial... (Read More)
Jane Cook writes about an Easter concert in 1939 when Black contralto Marian Anderson sang to an integrated audience of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial... (Read More)
What’s the best DNA test for Black ancestry? And what should you know before you take one? Learn more about tracing your genetic heritage here!.. (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes unique aspects of the 1870 Census – the first federal census after slavery was abolished in the U.S... (Read More)
On 30 August 1983, Dr. Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. became the first African American in space, as a member of the crew of the space shuttle Challenger... (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook searches old newspapers to learn more about Nancy Green, the original Aunt Jemima, and the times she lived in... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for using “Information Wanted” newspaper ads for African American genealogy... (Read More)
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