This digital collection illuminates specific moments in the history of Ohio's African-Americans and provides an overview of their experiences during the time period 1850 to 1920 in the words of the people that lived with them.
This site is an educational service and genealogy source for students, teachers, agencies and individuals interested in local African American history. It provides information, images and documents on African American communities and families, both free
In this new book by Chicago author David Whitaker, we share in the memories and history of those who have ``lived there and consider life in Cabrini today.
As we move away from a Eurocentric interpretation of American culture and begin to explore the African roots of Americans, it is very important to understand Louisiana Creole culture. It is the most significant source of Africanization of the entire cultu
Little is known concerning the coming of the first Negroes to Tennessee, but there is reason to believe that they were in the territory much earlier than is commonly supposed. It is probable that Negroes were with De Soto when he camped near the present s
Tom Sharp was born in Lauderdale December 16, 1868. The first school that he attended was a priate school on the plantation, taught by a white teacher, Miss Maggie Moseberry. He was reared on the Bennett Plantation. He states that the Bennets were always
