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 ...

Unique to the IAAM is its Center for Family History, a one-of-a-kind research center with a special focus on African American genealogy. Designed to serve as a groundbreaking resource for the ...

A young boy has lost his arm after he was attacked by a crocodile on a fishing trip in South Africa. Johandre Blom, 7, was in ...