Patricia Kilby-Robb, a retired educator, gives a tour of the James Wilson Kilby African American Museum on Shenandoah Shores ...

A scientific discovery will help descendants of the historic First Baptist Church of Williamsburg to ensure their ancestors' ...

The G.I. Bill, which provided life-changing education and housing benefits to millions of World War II veterans, excluded ...

NIH study highlights potential for earlier health interventions in individuals of West African ancestry. Researchers from the ...

Dolly Marshall, a Camden native and historical preservation activist, was selected by the National Trust for Historic ...

"[He] look more African than me," a second poked. "Why do y'all hate y'all ancestry???? You don't have to go to AFRI-CA to ...

Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...

The Brattleboro chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) presented a 20-year ...

Award-winning author and filmmaker Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Junior spoke at Youngstown’s Stambaugh Auditorium Concert Hall ...

# Fruits (botanically speaking) that we enjoy today that were domesticated in Africa are tamarind, ackee, watermelon, muskmelon and okra. Sorrel or roselle is another particularly beautiful, edible ...

It was a simple request. When I asked Annie Polland, director of the Tenement Museum on New York’s Lower East Side, whether I could bring my undergraduate NYU journalism class to learn about the ...