African American genealogy, history and preservation news from Alabama’s Black Belt.
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The National Genealogical Society is seeking nominations for officers and the board of directors. The election of NGS officers and board members will be held at the annual meeting at the NGS Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Saturday, May 12, 2012. The following positions are open for election this
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This story appeared in the January 3, 2012 edition of the Montgomery Advertiser: Preliminary ground-penetrating radar work performed at Lincoln Cemetery has confirmed what many suspected: There are far more bodies in the cemetery than many believed and many are in unmarked graves throughout the ceme
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Learn how to organize and publish your family history with Sharon Jackson at the 6th Annual Black Belt African American Genealogy Conference and Family History Fair. For 12 years, Jackson had been collecting facts and photos and interviewing family members at family reunions, funerals and other gath
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WHITE HALL — Bob Mants was remembered Saturday for his civil rights commitment as well as serving as a role model for his family and community. Mants’ death at the age of 68 earlier this month stunned those who admired him the most and some were in tears as they attended a memorial ser
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Born and raised in Macon County, Alabama in the Armstrong Community, Attorney Lateefah Muhammad is the second youngest of 11 children of the late Colonel Mabson, Sr. and Lillie Harris Mabson. She is a graduate of semi-private Cotton Valley Elementary School in Tuskegee, and South Macon High School i
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The Black Belt African American Genealogical and Historical Society (BBAAGHS) is pleased to be an official state partner of the acclaimed oral history project StoryCorps in celebrating the third annual National Day of Listening on Friday, November 25, 2011. On the day after Thanksgiving, BBAAGHS and
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We are excited that Ronne Hartfield will be the Keynote Speaker for the Awards Luncheon. Ms. Hartfield is a poet, essayist, and international museum consultant. She is the author of the biographical memoir, Another Way Home: The Tangled Roots of Race in One Chicago Family (University of Chicago Pres
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The following post of interest to genealogists is reposted from Steve’s Genealogy Blog. The Social Security Administration is making changes to the public Death Master File—the source of the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) that genealogists know and love to use—that’ll impact your research.
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Have you ever wondered how you could utilize Facebook, Twitter or other social media forums to connect with potential customers or visitors? If so this workshop is for you! The Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area and the University of West Alabama’s Center for the Study of the Black Belt invite you to
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TUSKEGEE — Herbert and Mildred Carter courted above Lake Martin, blowing kisses at the start of a 70-year love affair that lasted until her final breath on Friday. She was Alabama’s first licensed black female pilot, a civilian flying a Piper Cub, and he was a Tuskegee Airman at the cont
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