NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — For a lot of people, it's not too hard to trace back their family's roots to different countries and backgrounds. But that ease is not universal. Theresa Gordon took her ...

St. Francisville native Sally Allen Jones was born in 1916 just 51 years after African Americans gained their freedom and 49 years before the Voting Rights Act guaranteed her right to vote. History ...

(TNS) - In the first 90 minutes of Federal Emergency Management Agency's COVID-19 funeral assistance program, the office said they got nearly one million calls. On April 12 , FEMA launched a COVID-19 ...

Dr. Valarie Richardson, Earl Richardson, Jr., and Alex Richardson, the owners of Richard Funeral Home are working with Dr. Antoinette Harrell, a respected historian and genealogist, to help preserve ...

If you’ve had a loved one die after contracting the coronavirus, you may be eligible to receive thousands of dollars from the federal government. FEMA’s COVID-19 Funeral Assistance program is now ...

The Digital Library of Georgia recently added more than 3,000 African American funeral home programs from Atlanta and throughout the Southeast to its vast collection of online sources. The programs ...