Ancestor Comedian Richard Pryor had a funny bit about Black people in horror movies. He said that Black people would enter a haunted house and hear a ghostly voice say,...
Gwen McKinney is a podcaster, writer and thinker. Check out her podcast (see it in her own words/voice) and join the conversation. FYI: German Holocaust survivors in the U.S. and...
<img src="https://image.slidesharecdn.com/spiritualsduringslavery1-100315190045-phpapp01/95/dieterich-spirituals-during-slavery-3-728.jpg?cb=1268679684" alt="<ul>https://www.slideshare.net/spillwd/dieterich-spirituals-during-slavery NEGRO SPIRITUALS AND WORK SONGSDuring slavery and afterwards, workers were allowed to sing songs during their working time. This was the case when they had to coordinate...
It's October and that means baseball is in full swing. Do you know how many of your ancestors were a part of Black Baseball stardom? Since 1858, the game of...
In 1925, Historian, Dr. Carter G. Woodson published a report that he stated was expensive to publish and difficult to compile. Yet, he did it. "The aim of this report,...
I (Ann) moved back to the Atlanta area in the first months of 2020. You know the rest: The COVID-19 restrictions started and it limited my reconnections and great adventures...
Newest ancestor General Colin Powell/Photo by Getty Images for Capital Concerts The hundreds and perhaps thousands of special salutes to our favorite and newest ancestor, former U.S. Secretary of State...
Our ancestors understood the concept and outcomes of cooperative economics. They worked together to store up the crops and canning of goods to have for those "rainy days" or harsh...
No relation, however, this is an example of the Mosaic Templars inscription on a headstone in Arkansas. Our family -- the Wilks, Wilkes, Gray, Lee, Owen, Weed and Wead --...
