Storytelling has always been at the heart of African culture. Long before written records, African communities relied on oral ...

Friends of Geer Cemetery works to preserve the stories of people buried at the historically African American cemetery in ...

This issue of protecting Black cemeteries first came to popular attention in 1991, when the African Burial Ground in downtown ...

As a proud South African and American, I cherish South Africa’s vibrant people and hard-won freedoms. But my love for my ...

From grave robbing to road construction, a cemetery in Richmond, Va., reveals the long pattern of Black Americans burying ...

The installation, organized by the Center for African American Art, stands as a milestone in the museum’s evolving ...

Nationally-recognized African American research experts Timothy Pinnick and Janis Forte as well as the African American ...

When Logan says funerals aren't fun, Kenny corrects him: "Black funerals are." As he prepares to attend his grandfather's in Douglas Lyons' comedy "Chicken & Biscuits," he enumerates just a few ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - If you’ve ever tried tracing your family’s roots, you know how tricky it can be to uncover your own history. Inside the Allen County Public Library, a group of African ...

The Springfield museum at the entrance to Oak Ridge Cemetery has reopened after a 16-month hiatus. One of the museum's new exhibits was created by a former Hollywood set designer. The museum's board ...