Tag: slaves
Fisk Jubilee Singers Celebrate 150 Years Since First Tour
By Kristin M. Hall, AP Entertainment Writer
The Fisk Jubilee Singers' first tour wasn't an immediate success, but their perseverance through financial hardship to find...
Remnants of Black Church Uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg
By Ben Finley, Associated Press
The brick foundation of one of the nation's oldest Black churches has been unearthed at Colonial Williamsburg, a living history...
Marker Honoring Enslaved Africans Dedicated in Boston
Associated Press
A public marker to remember the enslaved Africans forced to journey across the ocean to toil in the Americas was formally dedicated last...
Audio Cut in Speech on Black People’s Role in Memorial Day
(AP)
Organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony turned off a speaker’s microphone when the former U.S. Army officer began talking about how freed Black slaves...
Gullah Geechee Nation Strives To Survive
Descendants of African slaves along the southeast U.S. coast battle climate change, gentrification and cultural assimilation.
By Kevin Michael Briscoe
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Among the more...
