AfricanAncestry.com, co-founded and led by Gina Paige, provides genetic testing to trace African heritage, offering personalized DNA results that connect people to their African tribes, and empowering African Americans to transform their view of themselves and Africa.
Category: Black History
Posted inBlack History
National Council of Negro Women to celebrate 50th Bethune Height Recognition Program
The Bethune Height Recognition Program of the National Council of Negro Women’s Mid-Atlantic Region will celebrate its 50th anniversary on September 7 with a luncheon featuring over 400 guests and raising funds for NCNW in the name of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and Dr. Dorothy Irene Height.
Posted inHBCU
Bowie State University honors late student with image in new MLK center
Bowie State University celebrated the ribbon-cutting of the $166-million Martin Luther King Jr. Center, which features a two-story image of late BSU student 1st Lt. Richard W. Collins III, who was killed in 2017, as well as a new sociology course and a fitness center for ROTC students.
Posted inNational News
Remembering Gladys Blount and Romay Johnson-Davis, women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Two members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, Mrs. Gladys Blount and Mrs. Romay Johnson-Davis, are remembered for their courageous service during WWII, their long and meaningful lives, and their contributions to the fashion industry.
Posted inEducation
Give our children the right to read
Book bans on books by Black authors and about the Black experience are a threat to the reading development of Black children, and it is important to ensure that our children have the right to read great works by Black authors and about Black history and culture.
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Advocates: Restoring African cultural heritage crucial for Black children
The University of Cambridge has returned 39 artifacts to Uganda, and the Youth Resiliency Institute is working to educate young people about the importance of restitution of African cultural heritage through the Mountain Movers Project.
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Ben Crump announces lawsuit against big pharma on behalf of Henrietta Lacks family
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and attorney Christopher Seeger have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of Henrietta Lacks against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Novartis Gene Therapies Inc., Viatris Inc. and Mylan Pharmaceuticals for the wrongful and unauthorized commercialization of her cells.
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Kamala Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Walz as running mate
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election, with the two set to campaign in seven states ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
Posted inOpinion
Black Vote Black Power: Kamala Harris for President
President Joe Biden has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s new nominee for re-election, shifting the momentum away from the Republican Party and towards the Democrats, who must now unite behind Harris to defeat Donald Trump.
Posted inNational News
World War I veteran is first Tulsa Race Massacre victim identified from mass graves
A World War I veteran named C.L. Daniel has been identified as the first victim of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, using DNA from his descendants, after a search for victims of the massacre began in 2020.
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Reverend Frederick Douglass Taylor, civil rights gladiator, dies at age 81
Rev. Frederick Douglass Taylor, a lieutenant to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a long-time member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died on June 21 at Tranquillity Hospice in Austell, Ga. at the age of 81.
Posted inAfro
Dr. Thelma Thomas Daley receives honor at annual AFRO Juneteenth Breakfast
Dr. Thelma Thomas Daley was honored by the AFRO News for her indelible impact on the community, her career as a counselor-educator, organizational leader, college professor and activist, and her induction into the Baltimore Gas and Electric and Baltimore Sun’s Business and Civic Hall of Fame.