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02/11/2021

Forty years after the premiere of “Roots” captivated the nation, take a look back at the cultural phenomenon and its lasting legacy.

06/26/2019

Amazing! We need to learn more about them! Wow, love this ❤️❤️

The Mascogos ran to Mexico to escape slavery, forming a tiny black community in the middle of the desert. Now, some are migrating to America work, while others mourn a dying culture.

03/02/2019

A great place to start:

At some point, almost anyone whose ancestors came to this country from Europe, Asia, the Middle East or certain parts of Latin America — and who

02/18/2019

Great tips..

The resources are particularly helpful when researching African-American families because decades of slavery can complicate finding family members, says author Sandi Brewster-Walker.

10/29/2018

What a loving, beautiful and moving tribute!

"When you know you're where you belong, it doesn't matter where you are in the world. Where you're from. When you know what your roots are. When you know what you stand for. When you know what your culture is, you are enough."
- Adeyami Michael, Filmmaker "Entitled"

I LOVE this quote. It is simple. It is perfect.

07/20/2018

Looking forward to visiting IAAM's (International African American Museum) Center For Family History.

Click the link below for some great tips from them on starting your genealogy journey.

Finding and Telling the African American Family Story: Beginning the Genealogy Journey by Toni | Jul 2, 2017 | Beginning Genealogy, Featured | Beginning Genealogy, Featured Finding and Telling the African American Family Story: Beginning the Genealogy Journey by Angela Y. Walton Raji 2 June 2017 Fin...

07/20/2018

This woman found her biological fam using genealogy research and dna testing. What a heartwarming story!

I've helped a number of families (including my own) reunite with lost loved ones through genealogical research and dna testing. It is such an amazing and rewarding feeling to connect and reconnect families! ❤

No, YOU'RE crying!

07/10/2018

To speak of Mahalia Jackson's voice is to speak of magic and mystery and majesty. Hers is not a voice. It is a force of nature. It moves with the power of a tornado and soothes with the tenderness of a spring rain. In describing the legendary gospel singer, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said: "A v...

07/10/2018

Civil rights activist and educator Mary McLeod Bethune learned the importance of education at an early age. After completing her education, she opened the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls with just $1.50.

She devoted herself fully to the school, teaching classes, handling administrative duties, and fundraising. Eventually the school became the co-ed Bethune-Cookman University. In 1935, she founded the National Council of Negro Women to empower black women concerned with social justice and human rights issues. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed Bethune as director of the Division of Negro Affairs in the National Youth Administration, making her the first African American woman to head a federal agency.

05/27/2018

Touching story of Africville in Nova Scotia.

This short film depicts Africville, a small black settlement that lay within the city limits of Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the 1960s, the families there were uprooted and ...