One potential obstacle to tracing African-American lineage is slavery, an institution that broke family bonds and made ... from the Days of Slavery, an oral history project developed to record ...
According to Nicka Sewell-Smith, Ancestry’s Senior Story Producer and a genealogist, “The truth is, family history research can be challenging for African Americans because of U.S. slavery and ...
Helen LaFrance was a self-taught folk artist primarily focused on memory paintings—vivid depictions drawn from her ...
of A History of African American Autobiography. a/b: Auto/Biography Studies ... It illustrates ways African Americans use life writing and autobiography to address personal and collective Black ...
Kwanza means first fruits in Swahili and refers to the joy people experience during the harvest season. The holiday ...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE [email protected] Oct 20, 2023 Oct 20, 2023 The Center for African American History, Art and Culture will host the art exhibit Ancestral Reflections: The Thompson Family ...