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African American Student Name Index - Student Name Index Project

Index includes every name mention of students, faculty and trustees. Student name listed plus city, state, school class and gender. Faculty includes position and classes taught. Student Name Index Project. Entries: 224.

Ancestry of Muhammad Ali

Black Fraternal Orders

Fraternal Lodges Developing & Expanding the Village in Rural Southern Virginia.

Black Seminoles (Wikipedia)

BlackIndians & Intertribal Native American Association

Born Free - 350 Year History - ADAMS/BECKETT Family

The is a story of remarkable men and women who came out of bondage on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland. In researching his family history, the author discovered many African American families whose freedom had been established from the first or second generation after arrival

Eyes of Glory - An American Story of Faith, Family and Freedom

Early African and Jewish American history information.

Famous African Americans

List and Biographies of famous African Americans.

Fugitive Slave Case – Peyton Polly - The Lawrence Regiser

On the night of the 6th of June 1850, eight children of Peyton Polly, a black man residing in Lawrence Township, in this county were kidnapped, by a band of desperadoes, some residents of this county, and some of them of Kentucky. The Kidnappers residing in this county immediately fled to Kentucky, they were all indicted and a requisition made by the Executive of this State upon the Executive of Ky., for their arrest and surrender. This story was told by PBS “Finding Your Roots” when they researched the genealogy of the singer/songwriter, John Legend.

GEDER Genealogy - Evangelist for African Ancestored Genealogy

Inspiration, Ideas and Tips on African Ancestored Genealogical Research, through my GEDER family.

Heritage of a Heavyweight

Family history of Muhammad Ali.

History of Black Firefighters

In the United States.

James S. Russell's an Adventure in Faith

An Adventure in Faith by James S. Russell of Nottoway County Virginia. Russell was born a slave, attended Hampton University and later founded St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School in Lawrenceville, Virginia. He was the first African American to be named Archdeacon of the Episcopal Church. The school still exists today. Surnames: BANKS, BROWN, BRAGG, BURKE, CHRISTIAN, CLAIBORNE, COLE, COLEMAN, COLES, CYPRESS, CONNOR, DRIVER, FEARING, GARDINER GREEN, HUNTER, HINTON, HAYES, JACKSON, JONES JOHNSON, LANE, LEWIS, LUNDY, MICKIE, MANNING, MILLER, MILLS, MORRIS, OWENS, PONTON, ROCK, RUSSELL, TYLER, TROY, WATTS, WILSON, WEST, WILLIAMS.

Malcolm X: A Research Site

Including the genealogy of the LITTLE & SHABAZZ families.

Rebellion: John Horse and the Black Seminoles, First Black Rebels to Beat American Slavery

Rebellion: John Horse and the Black Seminoles, the first black rebels to beat American slavery, tells the story of an epic quest for freedom that changed American history. The site documents the 19th-century odyssey of John Horse and the Black Seminoles, descendants of free blacks and fugitive slaves who sought freedom on three American frontiers, from Florida to Mexico. The Black Seminoles helped shape American politics toward slavery, inspired the emancipation movement, and led the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history, which historians have overlooked for 167 years. The first source to substantiate the size of the Black Seminole slave revolt,

The Founder of the Order of True Reformers: The Story of William Washington Browney

The Legacy of West FORD - American Son

The African American son of George Washington.

The Life of the Pullman Porter

Article by Stewart H. Holbrook.

Those Audacious MEEHANS

Catherine Meehan Blount explores the history and genealogy of the Charles and Hester MEEHAN family, including the ANDERSON, FREEMAN, HEAVENRICH, VON OHLEN, SPEESE, SHORES, and BROWN extended families. It is also about the communities that embraced and nurtured these families. Among them are the Queens Bush and the Elgin Settlement in Canada; Overton, DeWitty/Audacious, Westerville in Nebraska; Empire, Wyoming, and Sully County, South Dakota. Photographs, documents, and a first-person video account of life in the Nebraska Sandhills are included.

Why do Welsh names seem to be so common within the African American community?