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The African-American Experience class at Mount Zion High School has created a new exhibit for the African-American Cultural and Genealogical Society and Museum which will be unveiled on May 8.
Sitting at the Fort Wayne Professional Firefighters Union, Richard and Roberta Ridley flip through a collection of mementos. Some are old Concordia Lutheran High School yearbook pages. Others are old
A genealogist in Fredericksburg has released the names of the families she will focus on for a research project identifying the oldest Black families in the city.
A male member of certain families will undergo testing to determine if their ancestors hail from one of the 12 African nations that had slave ships arrive at the Fredericksburg dock centuries ago.
A genealogist in Fredericksburg has released the names of the families she will focus on for a research project identifying the oldest Black families in the city.
When the Fredericksburg City Council voted in 2020 to relocate the slave auction block that stood on the corner of William and Charles streets for 176 years, it jumpstarted a conversation about the way history is told in the city.
When the Fredericksburg City Council voted in 2020 to relocate the slave auction block that stood on the corner of William and Charles streets for 176 years, it jumpstarted a conversation about the way history is told in the city.
DECATURÂ â The announcement that Parsons School will keep its name was welcome news to Jeanelle Norman and other community members wanting to preserve the namesake s legacy.
âI m elated that they made the right decision,â said Norman, president of the Decatur Branch of the NAACP, referring to Tuesday s vote by the Decatur school board. âIt s the only school in the whole district named after an African-American, and African-Americans should be recognized as significantly as all others.â
The board voted Tuesday to accept the recommendations to keep the names of Johns Hill and Parsons, and to alter Franklin s name to Franklin Grove.