ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — William Nesbit, an African American man who moved to Blair County in the mid-1800s was instrumental in ...

1796 Professor St. George Tucker publishes his quixotic "Dissertation on [the gradual abolition of] Slavery" Early 1800s William & Mary ... publishes Lincoln's Job Half-Done, advocating African ...

Andrew Henry Samuels also became a pastor and a strong proponent of education in Shreveport’s African American community.

Almost by accident, he realized, he had conserved a rare glimpse into the everyday lives of an African-American community on the Great Plains. Now Keister, who is 64 and lives in Chico ...

This series chronicles the full sweep of African American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent right up to today when America remains a nation deeply divided by race.