African-American Articles
A research project to document slave ships captured during the early 1800s after the slave trade became illegal.
9/27/2009
African American family historians can give each other a research boost through a free online genealogy database called AfriQuest.
3/1/2008
Learn about the black Civil War regiments.
7/1/2007
A researcher shines light on African-American coal miners' invisible lives.
2/1/2006
Baltimore's Inner Harbor becomes home to a major African-American history center, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.
4/1/2005
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center examines the history of slavery and celebrates trailblazers in the fight for freedom.
8/1/2004
A historic African-American school house that was is once again a place of learning—this time, about genealogy.
2/1/2004
A childhood discovery sparks a mission to document and preserve a slave cemetery.
10/1/2003
The research institute at the new National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will help African-Americans fill in gaps in their genealogy research.
4/1/2003
The Missouri State Archives is placing more than 270 slave freedom suits online
2/1/2003