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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 ...
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Many Black people depend on historical documents to learn about their family history. We take a look at the role Black-owned newspapers played in preserving that history.
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 ...
(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 ...
The federal government program designed to help cover funeral costs for people who have died of COVID-19 was inundated with more than 1 million calls on its launch day. The Federal Emergency Agency ...
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 ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — Even for someone ...
A new scam is trying to take advantage of the federal program that helps families with funeral expenses for relatives who died of COVID-19.As part of the American Rescue Plan, FEMA started accepting ...