African American Genealogy
An important step in any genealogical research project is to read “how-to” books and articles. Two such books are Dee Parmer Woodtor’s Finding A Place Called Home: A Guide to African American Genealogy and ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Hoppin John (Traditional African-American Cuisine)
This is a traditional African-American dish for News Years Day since enslavement. Hoppin John may have a few African sources. Jon is a Senegalese word meaning dignified and repectable. John is the Anglicized word for Shango the West African diety ... [... more]
VegWeb |
Freedman's Bank Review
The Freedman's Bank Savings and Trust Company was chartered in 1865 with the primary object to assist former slaves and African-American soldiers with their new financial responsibilities. In theory, this bank was to be a permanent financial ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Afriquest Press Release
WeRelate, the USF Africana Heritage Project and Ideas4 have announced plans to build a free, central Internet database for digital images and records of African American genealogy, history and culture. The database, which will be called AfriQuest ... [... more]
Bella Online |
African American Research
Information gathered at these reunions can be a great starting point to do an individual’s family history. Families tended to live near each other and assist each other where needed. Tracking the families via the ... [... more]
Bella Online |
African American Research Tips
Look for changing surnames. Some African Americans change surnames several times. If you can’t find your family in a census record, but you know the family’s location at the time of the census, look for the first names and approximate ages of ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Defining Moments: African American Commemoration and ...
 The historical memory of the Civil War and Reconstruction has earned increasing attention from scholars. Only recently, however, have historians begun to explore African American efforts to interpret those events. With Defining Moments, Kathleen Clark ... [... more]
$55.00
Amazon.com |
Belabored Professions: Narratives of African American ...
According to nineteenth-century racial uplift ideology, African American women served their race best as reformers and activists, or as "doers of the word." In Belabored Professions, Xiomara Santamarina examines the autobiographies of four ... [... more]
$18.95
Amazon.com |
Mixed Greens
Although I'm multi-generation New Englander some of my ancestors were Low country Carolinians. My recipe for greens would include a little chopped onion, minced garlic, crushed cayenne pepper, and vinegar. To please the purist, I add some fakin ... [... more]
VegWeb |
Untold Glory: African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom, ...
Untold Glory offers a fresh perspective on one of the most fundamental elements of American history-the conquest of new frontiers. In twenty-seven fascinating first-person accounts, African Americans from different eras, backgrounds, and occupations ... [... more]
$15.95
Amazon.com |
"Who Set You Flowin'?": The African-American Migration ...
Twentieth-century America has witnessed the most widespread and sustained movement of African-Americans from the South to urban centers in the North. Who Set You Flowin'? examines the impact of this dislocation and urbanization, identifying the resulting ... [... more]
$27.50
Amazon.com |
Word From The Mother: Language and African Americans
Word from the Mother presents a definitive statement on African American English from the hugely respected linguist, Geneva Smitherman; and her message is clear: black American speech enriches, rather than undermines, general American English. Written ... [... more]
$26.95
Amazon.com |
