One potential obstacle to tracing African-American lineage is slavery, an institution that broke family bonds and made record keeping nearly impossible. Because African-American slaves were ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The Shreve Memorial Library is highlighting African American family history with its genealogy research programs. Starting on March 15, the library’s genealogy ...

She is the author of multiple books, most recently “The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family ... As part of the first generation of African-descended young people to engage ...