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Beyond Juneteenth, other historic holidays honor Black culture and liberation in American history. Pinkster has its roots in colonial New York.
Hidden Gems USA Travel planned out a unique road trip that will take you back to the 1800s. Don't miss these historic gems ...
The presentation is in the process of being moved to the heart of the Detroit Institute of Arts, adjacent to the Diego Rivera murals at Rivera Court.
Facial reconstructions of enslaved African Americans who worked at Catoctin Furnace in the late 1700s or early 1800s, a boy of 15 or 16 and a woman in her 30s, at the Smithsonian's National Museum ...
As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.
Roots Recovered: Reclaiming Our Names | African Americans face unique challenges in learning their ancestry It's a challenging genealogical journey to recover the names of enslaved ancestors.
Referred to by some genealogists as the genealogy “brick wall,” African Americans continue to find difficulty in discovering their family history before 1870 — a year that marks five years past the ...
African-Americans have made a vast contribution for the history of South Carolina throughout it over 300-year history. The African-American story lies at the very heart of our heritage.
In Blandair Regional Park, there's a building that used to be the home of enslaved African Americans that was first built in the 1800s. The county wants to fix it up and learn more about it.
New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century.
William Nesbit, an African American man who moved to Blair County in the mid-1800s was instrumental in helping others secure their freedom. 2-2-25.