Contributed on January 19, 2009
By: zsunlight
Descendants of Those In The Room When General George Washington Died.
More
Contributed on January 19, 2009
By: ekramer
Blacks played an important, though sometimes forgotten role, in the struggle to win America's freedom from Great Britain.
More
Contributed on November 10, 2008
By: mberger104
My white father, who died in 1981, dreamed of an America changed by the election of a black president. Would he have been amazed this Election Day.
More
Contributed on September 30, 2008
By: paula.lauren.gibson@gmail.com
[afropix.blogspot.com] She attended Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC, and received her medical license in 1923. he began practicing Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob/Gyn) at Houston’s Negro Hospital in the Third Ward. By 1938/39, Dr. Th
More
Contributed on September 30, 2008
By: sherrillfamily
This photograph dated 1890 has been in the family for years.
More
Contributed on September 29, 2008
By: paula.lauren.gibson@gmail.com
Front Row: Thelma (my mom), Eliza, Clarence III, Charlene, Bessie, Carolyn (baby), Lex.
Back Row: Clarence Jr., Cornelia, Clarence Sr., Harold.
[From Personal Collection of Paula Lauren Gibson. Digital Scan © 2008]
I have been documenting my family
More
Contributed on September 24, 2008
By: rnoches
I lived in North Lawrence as a child from 1941 until 1948. Mr. Lan Demory cut my hair. He had a barber shop on the south side in the five hundred block of Locust. Old men used to come in and talk about Quantrill's raid; who hid where and what they did. Be
More
Contributed on June 24, 2008
By: 23jayhawk
Local artist uses quilts to share historical stories.
More