A new study shows that supports at the individual, relational, and community levels work together to foster resilience, ...

One potential obstacle to tracing African-American lineage is slavery, an institution that broke family bonds and made record keeping nearly impossible. Because African-American slaves were ...

During the illegal and discriminatory practice of redlining, generations of Black families put down roots in Altadena where ...

When the Eaton Fire blazed through Altadena earlier this month it took more than homes and memories — it devastated a city ...

According to Nicka Sewell-Smith, Ancestry’s Senior Story Producer and a genealogist, “The truth is, family history research can be challenging for African Americans because of U.S. slavery and ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Christian Weller is an economist focused on retirement inequality. The recent episode of heightened inflation serves to illustrate this ...

The Sharon Historical Society hosted a workshop Sunday afternoon to help African Americans learn about their family history.

My expertise is working with individuals, couples, parents, and families within the age brackets of young adults, middle-aged and older adults. In addition, as an African American therapist I ...

West African languages, Spanish and Native American influences. Andrew Thibodeaux, a graphic designer for the project whose family speaks Kouri-Vini, said his goal was to create something the ...