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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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
'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...
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...