Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family line, and he takes readers along on the journey.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has long stood as a proud and resilient Indigenous community, recognized for its unique ...

Junie' author Erin Crosby Eckstine wrote her new book to preserve her family's stories. Here's how it came to life during the ...

Through his nonprofit organization, the Alex Breanne Corporation, John Mills helped 50 people build their family tree that ...

Flowers have long been a powerful form of expression in African American culture, carrying deep meanings in celebrations, ...

Students are working to build a database of names and biographies of 800 enslaved people who belonged to the Cobb-Lamar ...

Jr. meets with influential African American figures, like Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock and Maya Angelou, to piece together their genealogy and disclose captivating facts about their ancestors.

While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared solidarity and activism highlighted the relationship between ...

Designed to honor the lives and legacies of the African diaspora, the African Ancestors Garden at the International African American Museum integrates cultural symbolism, native plants, and evocative ...