Q: Are there any American Indian descendants of the members of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery? —Karen Wilson | Helena, Alabama In their journals, the men of the Corps of Discovery ...

The Descendants: Christopher Wilson as Louis Troutman Smithsonian magazine commissioned Drew Gardner for a project that connects Black Americans today to their lost ancestry. Read about Gardner ...

Descendants of the enslaved people who helped build St. Louis University have backed out of an apology event at the school. The Descendants of the St. Louis University Enslaved, a nonprofit ...

The same Jesuits went on to found St. Louis University. Research is underway to shine light on their connection to enslaved people and to locate descendants. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@ ...