Evans was born four years after slavery was abolished and grew up on a family farm in eastern Aiken County. She became the first African American woman in South Carolina to earn a medical license ...

Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture ... An award-winning writer who also serves as poetry editor at the New Yorker, Young succeeded founding ...

He remains the poetry ... the African American Museum for a graphic posted online in May 2020 that referred to “hard work,” “individualism” and “the nuclear family” as part of ...

BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas — Every year across Southeast Texas and across the country, African Americans gather for family reunions that ... African-American family's land legacy grows from humble ...

Breaking barriers is a family tradition for Rashondra Croskey and her godmother, Gloria Reese. Croskey is the first African American woman on the Moore Haven City Council, while Reese is the first ...

Ms. Rush served on the SC African American Heritage Commission (SCAAHC ... Erected by the united Bruorton/Brewington Family Reunion and the Congregation, 2003. 3) Historical Marker 45-15: Cooper ...

she said her family considered it a priority to visit the workers’ cemetery. On Saturday, they finally fulfilled that wish.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The 33rd Down Home Family Reunion took place on Saturday, allowing visitors to celebrate several parts of African American folklife and heritage. The family festival ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Down Home Family Reunion, a festival celebrating African American Folklore, returns to Richmond's historic Jackson Ward neighborhood Saturday. A mother-and-daughter team with ...

family reunions, weddings and other gatherings. An adjoining room contains archives for researchers interested in local African American history, including slavery, lynching and Jim Crow laws. The ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — For the fourth year, the Family Reunion Community Fun Day will celebrate African American culture Saturday at North End Park in Steubenville. The festival will have business ...

singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne (and the former spouse of director Sidney Lumet), she wrote an award-winning book in 1986 about the history of her African American family: The Hornes ...