For Juneteenth, here's our growing database of African American burial grounds in New Jersey — and what they mean to us today ...

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library shares writings about local African Americans as ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

Ahead of Juneteenth, the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands is partnering with national organizations to help reclaim erased Black histories, and share them with a broader audience.

Community members will have another opportunity to preserve their family's history at the second Legacy in the Making program ...

It’s time to commemorate Juneteenth, recognizing the day in 1865 when the last group of enslaved African Americans finally ...

"What does the pope think about us being related? That's my question," one cousin said. "What does he think of us because ...

Gastonia’s African American Museum of History and Culture is hosting several free summer programs for families in coming ...

Today on Juneteenth, we are celebrating African American freedom and history with a look at The Black Heritage Trail of New ...

The Statesman has gathered 9 Juneteenth events to celebrate the state and federal holiday, from car shows to cookouts, in the ...