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UrduArchaeologists at the University of New Hampshire along with a historian at Northeastern University believe they have unearthed the long-lost homestead of King Pompey, an enslaved African who won his freedom and later became one of the first Black property owners in colonial New England.
Tag: African American History
Recovering Family History for Millions of African Americans
As a historian, Tufts Professor Kendra Field is dedicated to making African American history more accessible to the public. In her latest project in public history, Field is chief historian of 10 Million Names, a recently launched research project of American Ancestors, the oldest genealogical organization in the nation.
Historical DNA Study Connects Living People to Enslaved and Free African Americans at Early Ironworks
A first-of-its-kind analysis of historical DNA ties tens of thousands of living people to enslaved and free African Americans who labored at an iron forge in Maryland known as Catoctin Furnace soon after the founding of the United States.
The study, spurred by groups seeking to restore ancestry knowledge to African American communities, provides a new way to complement genealogical, historical, bioarchaeological, and biochemical efforts to reconstruct the life histories of people omitted from written records and identify their present-day relatives.
UAlbany Experts Available to Discuss Black History Month 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. (Feb. 4, 2021) – February marks the start of Black History Month, a nationally recognized celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time to recognize their role in shaping U.S. history. This year’s celebration comes in the…
Rutgers Experts Available to Comment on Black History Month
New Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 27, 2021) –Rutgers University-New Brunswick scholars are available to discuss Black History Month and to analyze current events and trends that contribute to the ongoing story of Black history across the world. Derrick Darby, the Henry…
Shirley McBay: The advocate
This story is part of a series, called Georgia Groundbreakers that celebrates innovative and visionary faculty, students, alumni and leaders throughout the history of the University of Georgia – and their profound, enduring impact on our state, our nation and the world.
A historian’s 40-year quest to retrace the extraordinary life of activist Mary Talbert
A century separates the lives of these two women, but they share much in common: Both are educators and community activists. Both are deeply committed to the fight for social justice. Both are tireless in their work.
Protesting Police Brutality: UNLV African American Studies Professor on How Protests Can Enact Social Change
The days and weeks following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, Minnesota have been marked by a civil rights movement that — in terms of size and structure — could be considered larger than…
From Civil Rights to Diss Tracks: How Black Women Have Shaped U.S. Culture
In her new book, A Black Women’s History of the United States, co-authored by Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross explores black women’s history spanning more than 400 years and includes voices from the poor and working class as well as civil rights leaders, athletes and musicians.
Latest Scarlet and Black Book Explores Lives of Rutgers’ First Black Students
In a new book in the Scarlet and Black Project, Rutgers University continues to examine its historical relationship to race, slavery and disenfranchisement, telling the story of the school’s first black students, who were pioneers treated as outcasts on their own campus.
Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss African American History, Black History Month
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Cynthia Medina, [email protected], 848-445-1940 Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss African American History, Black History Month New Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 31, 2020) – Rutgers scholars are available to discuss the many facets of African American history…
Buffalo State Professor on the 1619 Project
Steve Peraza, assistant professor in the History and Social Studies Education Department at Buffalo State, weighs in on the project, and how to apply the lessons learned to the real world.