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Tracing Your Roots? Visit These 15 Destinations in the African Diaspora
Parents via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen you're able to visit the places where your ancestors lived, history comes alive. Here's where...
Teens could explore ‘flavors’ of slave trade in Illinois cooking class. Outrage ensued
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoA summer cooking class that sought to expose teens to the “history and flavors of the transatlantic...
'I share this cry with you.' Memorial marks Tybee's role in the Middle Passage slave trade
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's Note: A previous version of this story stated that the City of Tybee Island dedicated the...
Benin is building a themed park to remember slavery - is history up for sale?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA lifesize replica of a slave ship graces Project Marina. Screenshot/YouTube/Presidency of BeninThe...
Origins of enslaved Africans freed by British, then abandoned on remote Atlantic island revealed by...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA study reveals the likely origins of 27,000 Africans left on the island of St. Helena as part of...
New London to mark designation as slave ship landing site
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen the Speedwell arrived in New London on July 17, 1761, 21 Africans stolen from their land had...
Why Jada Pinkett-Smith's African Queens: Njinga is fiercely important
Digital Spy via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfrican Queens: Njinga - who is the female king?Netflix African Queens: Njinga spoilers below. Jada...
Dijmon Hounsou Kicks Off New Initiative to Help Descendants of Africa Trace Back Their Roots
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter a visit to his home of Benin on the coast of West Africa, actor Dijmon Hounsou reflected on...
'Never again': Equal Justice Initiative opens new park dedicated to history of slavery
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNestled between the Alabama River and a set of Montgomery train tracks sits the Freedom Monument...
Commemorations of our African American history help keep it alive | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhen I think of people like Gov. Ron DeSantis, and others, who are trying to delete or bury the...