History came alive Monday morning at Fort Monroe in Hampton where U.S. Congressman Bobby Scott joined Dr. Wanda Tucker and ...

To commemorate the 1811 German Coast slave revolt, the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history, dozens of African Americans ...

Ana Angola was captured in the kingdom of Ndongo and spent months on a ship before a journey over land where she was forced ...

U.S. Senator Cory Booker Reintroduces Legislation to Form Commission for Study of Reparation Proposals for African Americans ...

Benin is not the first country to grant citizenship to descendants of slaves. Earlier this month, Ghana naturalized 524 African Americans after the West African country's president, Nana Akufo ...

Benin is not the first country to grant citizenship to descendants of slaves. Earlier this month, Ghana naturalized 524 African Americans after the West African country’s president, Nana Akufo ...

What very few Americans realize is that Haiti’s early post-colonial development was ... Among those who ended up receiving some of the money that Haitian citizens put out—largely composed of former ...

This initiative is reminiscent of Ghana’s invitation to Black Americans ... endured during the slave trade. These sites attract visitors from around the world, including descendants seeking ...

The Descendants Project sues, contending that public officials had no right to forgive Greenfield’s grain-elevator-project ...

Celia's descendants made it their mission to fight for the pardon after getting support from lawmakers and community groups ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel ...