I didn’t know it at the time, but seven years after leaving a volatile and abusive relationship—one marked by physical, ...

but Black people saw straight away. I tried to explain to these inquisitive strangers that both the maternal and paternal sides of my family have members with big-bodied, curly hair. Like hair ...

I’d met many of these people on trips to Puerto Rico. My Tío had visited us in ... her mother and her grandmother as Black, she concedes that her family had Black ancestry.

Instead, in creating the world for “You People,” the writers ... Even in my culturally blended family, where my Mexican immigrant parents regularly share meals with my Black mother-in-law ...

Growing up in Kansas, Pam Tucker always knew her father’s ancestors enslaved black people. In Kentucky ... “after thought and discussion with my family.’’ She wrote that the story should ...

Black family reunions are a time for people to connect over shared history and memories as they reinforce family structure. This important tradition reunites relatives across time and place, and ...

All gingers are Black people. If they have red hair ... Is that why I'm the only one in my family that can properly season my cooking?" asked another. "Orange is the new Black?" ...

He’d long kept a family secret to himself ... I can’t abandon the Black people in my heritage. I think they’re amazing people, and I don’t want to lose those stories.” ...

Black people have a stake in the South because of ... One of the reasons it was fascinating for me to make this series is that my family wasn't part of the Great Migration. My family, we could ...

I don’t remember when my family first introduced me to Kwanzaa ... “Kwanzaa is a wonderful time, because we talk about the issues Black people are facing and how we can solve those issues ...

Relatives of Black historic figures said the ... "I would like that legacy to continue, not just in my family, but throughout the United States, so people would be aware of what our parents ...

My favorite cooking memories are our outdoor family fish fries ... Post-Jim Crow era, many freed Black people found place in the mountains of Southern Appalachia which has contributed to the ...