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In 'an act of freedom', Brunswick County residents discover African ancestry
Star News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoResidents in northern Brunswick County are finding healing, freedom and connection by tracing their...
From the Archives | Hundreds of thousands of Africans were enslaved in America. Wanda Tucker...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis story originally published on Aug. 21, 2019. It is being republished as part of the...
'We believe': Freedmen descendants say the time is now for Muscogee Nation citizenship
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOKMULGEE — Police started gathering outside the Muscogee Nation courthouse early Thursday, lining up...
These were the all-Black units of the British Marines in America
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIllustration of a black Colonial Marine. (Don Troiani) Enslaved Americans in the War of 1812 found a...
Slave codes used to dictate what enslaved people could or couldn't wear. Newly freed Black Americans...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJohnnie Alston, a member of the Baltimore All-Stars Marching Unit, wears the colors of the...
A Fearless Ruler Battles the Slave Trade in Netflix's African Queens: Njinga
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNjinga (Adesuwa Oni) and her entourage approach the Portuguese governor's compound. Credit - Joe...
Voices: Seven myths about Black people – debunked
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHistory, like the present it helps shape, is often a hotbed of misunderstandings and misconceptions. Some of this is accidental, but some is not....
'We're home': 140 years after forced exile, the Tonkawa reclaim a sacred part of Texas
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGAUSE — Almost 140 years after the Tonkawa were expelled from Texas, they have returned to purchase...
Guest: Freedmen and their descendants once flourished as tribal members
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn 2023, there are places in the United States where some Black people are still denied the right to...
6 Things To Know About AfricaTown & Its Descendants
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfricaTown holds great historical significance as one of the nation’s oldest African-American neighborhoods. It’s credited as being one of the first...