(This is long. And yes, that's what she said.)
The paternal second great-grandfather of my wife, Donna Paulette Wysinger Wilson, is Edmond Edward Wysinger. He was…
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Philadelphians had little to cheer about in the winter of 1932. Over 250,000 people—a quarter of the workforce—were…
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I have been tracing my family tree on Ancestry.com and I found out that my second great-aunt, Nannie Crenshaw, was…
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Last Friday, the dean of Harvard Law School, Martha Minow, endorsed the demands of student activists to change the…
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On May 24, 1796, a runaway-slave advertisement was posted in the Pennsylvania Gazette by the steward at George…
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I have been working on tracing my maternal grandfather’s line using Ancestry.com. I can say with confidence that I…
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On a summer’s day in 1798, María Rafaela Whitten stood in the doorway of a house in St. Augustine, Fla., owned by…
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Could it be that I am descended from Margaret Garner, the real-life inspiration for the main character in Toni…
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The recent biopic The Race reminds us of Jesse Owens’ amazing feat in winning a then-record four track gold medals…
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In the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 9, 1739, 20 enslaved black men gathered near a bridge over the Stono River,…
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Growing up, I saw a picture of my great-great-grandparents, and it has fascinated me. My great-great-grandfather…
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Exactly one week ago today, Wellesley College announced the appointment of its 14th president, Paula A. Johnson.…
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In September 1864, Spotswood Rice, a 44-year-old soldier in the 67th Regiment of the United States Colored Infantry,…
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I was born in 1975, the same year that Portugal withdrew from its five African colonies—Angola, Mozambique, São…
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Dear Professor Gates:
I have done an autosomal DNA test for most of my relatives and ancestors, including my…
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Fifty years ago today, on Feb. 11, 1966, District 6—an iconic, densely populated, predominantly Coloured,…
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In April 1949, President Harry S. Truman offered Ralph Bunche a coveted position as the assistant secretary of state…
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Mention the history of African Americans in Paris and images immediately flood of fabled artists, authors, activists…
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In 1613, seven years before the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, and six years before a Dutch vessel sold 20 Africans to…
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