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In honor of Black
History Month this month, today brings you a special African-American history-themed
news roundup:

• The National Archives is celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation
  Proclamation, which President Lincoln issued on Jan. 1, 1863 to free slaves in states
  that had seceded. You
  can go online to watch a video about what the proclamation meant and how the document
  is being preserved, see images of it, and find out about upcoming programs. Also learn
  about the Emancipation Proclamation’s history at the National
  Archives; Featured Documents website.

• An interactive online map—a companion to the PBS “American Experience” documentary The
  Abolitionistslets you explore the story of the abolitionist movement in America.
  Powered by History Pin, the Abolitionist
  Map of America has images, documents and videos from dozens of libraries, museums
  and other institutions.

  Cincinnati, located on the boundary of free and slave states, was a major Underground
  Railroad stop. Our Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Genealogy Local
  History Department selected images and recordings on subjects such as the site of
  local antislavery newspaper the Philanthropist, the focus of two anti-abolitionist
  riots in 1836; and the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, where the Uncle Tom’s Cabin author
  lived with her family for various periods of time from 1833 to 1836. 

• Subscription genealogy site Ancestry.com has added collections to its
  African-American history records including Danish West Indies Slave Records 1672-1917
  (these are also part of Fold3′s Black History Collection, which is free
  in February) and U.S., Buffalo Soldiers, Returns from Regular Army Cavalry Regiments,
  1866–1916. Explore
  Ancestry.com’s African-American history records here.

• The Cincinnati library’s Genealogy
  and Local History Department also is one of many libraries offering African-American
  history and genealogy workshops this month, including a seminar (Feb. 9) and a
  class on Searching for Descendants of African American Civil War Soldiers (Feb. 23).Learn
  more here.

• The African-American Genealogical Society of Northern California in Oakland has a Black
  Family History Day on Feb. 10, with classes, one-on-one consultations and more. Learn
  more here.

• The African American Genealogical and Historical Society of Tennessee in Nashville
  is holding a research
  workshop Feb. 16. Learn
  more here.

To find African-American genealogy events near you, check with your local genealogical
or historical society, or public library.

Check out FamilyTreeMagazine.com
articles on researching African-American roots here.