Historical Slave News Today

The Newport Historical Society and Preservation Society of Newport County each are unveiling new projects.

Mississippians trace their family tree, and how one can trace theirs Mississippians trace their family tree, and how one can trace theirs Associated Press, That’s how it looked to Melissa Evans when she compared her family tree to the ones created by her third-grade classmates. Some of her white classmates had branches stretching back centuries. Evans, one of only a handful of black students at her school in Gulfport, traced her family to her great-grandparents. When other students asked why ...

With slaverys impact, how do Black residents find ancestors ISABELLE TAFT, The Sun-Herald FacebookTwitterEmail BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Her tree was incomplete. That’s how it looked to Melissa Evans when she compared her family tree to the ones created by her third-grade classmates. Some of her white classmates had branches stretching back centuries. Evans, one of only a handful of Black students at her school in Gulfport, traced her family to her great-grandparents. When other students asked w...