Downing Park in Newburgh to be memorial and reinternment site for African American remains that were accidentally discovered ...

Join Maryam Hampton as she reveals her AncestryDNA results and explores her unique genetic makeup. As an African American, she discusses her journey to discover her ancestry, the DNA test process, and ...

Imagine coming to your next family gathering with new and interesting details about your collective past. AI is now fueling ...

The Dec. 13 event is free to the public and will feature food, performances, gift-giving and other festivities.

An effort is made to bring the best available science on a question from early American history.

Here’s a look at Kwanzaa, an African American holiday celebrated each year from December 26 to January 1. Facts Kwanzaa is based on traditional African harvest festivals. Also spelled Kwanza. Maulana ...

Auburn, N.Y. — The great-great-great grandniece of Harriet Tubman has died this week in Auburn, church officials said.

In the early 2000s, a group of Afro-Colombians went to Washington to pressure their president, who was negotiating a free ...

A bill that would ban Americans from having citizen rights abroad is about nationalist sentimentalism, not real-life issues.

Jeff Pointer leaned against the green Mosier Valley Park sign as the afternoon sun brightened the park on the northeast side of Fort Worth. The area was once the site of a community center that was ...

Her work is the most complete account of the liberation of 700 enslaved people from seven plantations along the Combahee River in 1863.