I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history
The Slave Societies Digital Archive has documented the lives of approximately 6 million free and enslaved Africans, their descendants, and the indigenous, European and Asian people with whom they interacted.
This sorghum-brined chicken recipe is a lesson in African-American history
In his new book "The Cooking Gene," historian Michael W. Twitty traces the culinary roots of the South.
Full interview: Lonnie Bunch, director of Smithsonian African American History Museum
Watch our full report on the opening of the museum tonight on PBS NewsHour.
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’12 Years a Slave’ restores historic firsthand account to cultural consciousness
In depicting American slavery, Hollywood has long left some of the most brutal realities largely unseen. But the filmmakers behind "12 Years a Slave" tried not to flinch in showing the full system of human subjugation. Jeffrey Brown talks to…
