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 ...

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 ...

Burks’ family has ... a 65-year-old African American woman, Ms. Vivian Burks, was reportedly assaulted by police officers in Leake County. She was peacefully reading her Bible in a local park.