Dr. Gina Paige, co-founder of African Ancestry, is giving African Americans the pathway to connect further with their ...

Members of the Woven Wind project used clay sculptures of cypress knees Friday, April 25, to highlight the history of the ...

The Italianate house was inspirational for Alma Thomas, whose work is displayed in Smithsonian museums and the Metropolitan ...

Since January, the genealogical nonprofit American Ancestors has led the effort to identify the descendants of people ...

Check the Ancestry app! Cheryl Butler-Brayboy stopped short in her tracks on her way to bed one evening when those words echoed loud and clear inside her heart. The voice was familiar. It took her a ...

I am a Smithsonian Institution nerd. I have been for as long as I can remember. I can’t say I’m surprised that President Trump is attacking the Smithsonian. He is following the authoritarian ...

Rae Wynn-Grant tracks lions through the Tanzanian savanna and bears across North American forests. As an African-American large ... She talked to Nat Geo Family about her experience as a Black ...

When Ball signed with Ole Miss, he became the first African-American student athlete to be offered a scholarship there in any sport. Because the NCAA didn't allow freshman to play back then ...

San Diego is known as the heart of SoCal surf culture, but there's more to this city than just beaches and sunny weather.

He’s a historical archaeologist and chair of the anthropology department at American ... interviewing African-Americans in communities near the swamp, hoping to hear family stories about maroons.