AAHGS DC member Adrienne Fikes has an article entitled Joy, Genealogy and Justice: Connection to History Through Family Research

The Unveiling of the Historic Highway Marker commemorating the Founding of the Central State Hospital at the original site on the parking...

On June 5th I will travel to Brookneal, VA to participate in a remeberance and dedication of a slave cemetery at Red Hill, the plantation...

The dedication and unveiling ceremony will be held on June 7, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church in Richmond

JDW chapter member Bernice Bennett interviewed Adrienne Fikes in March about shifting to a Black-centered perspective of enslaver research

Join the African American Civil War Museum for: "Researching the USCT in Pension Files" with Ms. Bernice Alexander-Bennett April 16,...

Join us as we celebrate and learn more about those that were Emancipated on April 16, 1862. We will start with a libation ceremony and a...

New Documentary on Who Killed Malcolm X

I had the privilege of presenting virtually at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History & Culture on 6 February 2021. You can...

On February 2, 2021, James Dent Walker Chapter member James R. Morgan III was asked to address students at the University of...

The People Not Property project is a collaborative endeavor between the UNCG University Libraries, NC Division of Archives and Records, etc

As an NMAAHC Ambassador, I was honored to share my family research and my experience as a AAHGS DC member in this NMAAHC program

Efforts are underway to digitize Virginia's Central State Hospital collection containing over 100 years of records.

I was researching the arts and came across this and wanted to share. I am a Native NYer but have lived in DC for more than 30 years. As...

In 2019 the members of AAHGS-DC decided our website needed a facelift. We wanted to keep pace with the evolution of genealogical...

The strength of AAHGS as an organization comes directly from the Chapters, like AAHGS-DC, that represent “the feet on the ground.”...

AAHGS-DC is a non-profit organization that can only exist because of its members. Members generously donate time and resources to...

Chapter meetings moved online

I’ve longed had a interest in the PITTSBURGH COURIER since one of its founders, Robert Lee Vann of my Winton Triangle community in North...