Along America’s southeastern coast, descendants of enslaved Africans pass down traditions and knowledge of crafts, ecology ...

Calvin history professor Eric Washington has made a specialty of studying African Americans thought within the Reformed tradition of Christianity, specifically Calvinism. His interest in the topic ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Parties, bars, dinners, fireworks: That’s how many people rang in 2024. But for many African American families, the last hours of an old year, and dawn of a new one, ...

Adrienne Keeler remembers struggling to stay awake in church on New Year’s Eve as a child while her family praised God for carrying them through another year. Back then, Keeler said she couldn’t wait ...

"Our religion and superstition was all mixed up" : conjure, Christianity, and African American supernatural traditions -- "Africa was a land a' magic power since de beginnin' a history" : Old World ...

BROOKLYN (WABC) -- The period was the 17th Century - 21 years after the first enslaved Africans were brought to North America. The celebration of Pinkster began in 1640. "When Dutch went to church to ...

You may have heard about a debutante cotillion before. They started back in the 1700 as part of British nobility. Young women were paraded in front of eligible suitors for potential marriage as seen ...

Preface: The treasure and potential of African American preaching / Charlie E. Dates -- Introduction: The Joining of the African American tradition and exposition / Eric C. Redmond -- PART 1: Black ...

Once the leftovers are packed away and the last scoop of the baked macaroni and cheese has been taken, Black households across America begin preparations to bring in the New Year. From the washing of ...