Local people of color in Lawrence County were not isolated from the news of national events - helping explain the enlistments of over 30...

Elihu/Eli Cole an African American was born January 1, 1800, in Logan County Kentucky according to his obituary on the front page of the...

Find a Grave has incorrectly named the African American Cemeteries in Lawrence County. They have listed two cemeteries with the name of...

Old newspaper articles are often filled with information that capture our attention. This particular article captured Larry Curry’s...

Todd Carr spoke about the legend and lore of the Crenshaw Slave House Monday Night August 28, 2023 to a full house. The audience kept him...

African American families seldom learn any details of their slavery background including even the slave names themselves, but John King...

Several years ago, David Foote, a volunteer, transcribed the news from Lawrence County as printed in the Robinson newspapers. Since...

From a book about the English Settlement in Edwards County, Illinois, founded in 1817, John K discovered some interesting black history...

An article in the Sumner Press, 6/7/1888, page 4, caught J King’s attention—“Henry Gowen of the regular Army 10th U S Cavalry visited...

Our newest volunteer, Wanda B, has been organizing the church files at the Research Library. These include histories of churches in the...