A new exhibit has just opened at the Arms Family Museum in Youngstown showcasing the city's African American community. The ...

One potential obstacle to tracing African-American lineage is slavery, an institution that broke family bonds and made record keeping nearly impossible. Because African-American slaves were ...

With few exceptions, the historical footprints of African Americans who trod Clark County in the early days are challenging to track. Through the Corps of Discovery’s journals, we know about York. He’ ...

According to the 1850 U.S. census, there were 90 free African Americans living in the Mahoning Valley - of this number, 37 ...