The woman is thought to be cradling her own child, making this a rare historical image. African-Americans often managed to maintain families despite the illegality of slave marriage and the common ...

Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural ...

While some African Americans recently relocated because they see Africa as a safe haven from racism, others say they moved for their children. In 2019, a number of African Americans were inspired ...

However, over the course of the century, a new race-based slavery system developed, and by the dawn of the new century, the majority of Africans and African Americans were slaves for life.

And yes, many enslaved and free African Americans did have a choice. It was not simply a case of the war passing them by. Their involvement, and certainly their military involvement, I think ...