Sydney Trent

The apology by the American Society of Human Genetics follows a self-investigation into the group’s involvement in the eugenics movement.

A day before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln signed a contract to send hundreds of formerly enslaved people to Haiti

Retired Army Col. Paris D. Davis, 83, receives the highest military honor 58 years after he was first nominated for heroism during the Vietnam War.

Black jockeys — Isaac Murphy foremost among them — won 15 of the first 28 Kentucky Derby crowns, as they tested the limits of freedom during Reconstruction.

The National Genealogical Society is one of the oldest, largest groups dedicated to helping families trace their ancestries.

Would the new owner of Richland Farm let a Black woman continue to visit to pay tribute to her enslaved ancestors?

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Md., has denied the allegations in Vivian Cheung’s lawsuit.

The Human Genome Project convinced the vast majority of scientists that race doesn’t exist. Now a cohort of professionals and academics wants to change society.

The murders of her Osage relatives for their oil wealth still reverberate in the life of Margie Burkhart, granddaughter of a central character in the new movie.

Edward Garrison Draper was posthumously admitted to the bar Thursday following a push by a White Texas lawyer with a passion for Black History.