In a major advance in genealogical research, African-Americans will be able to trace the routes of slave ships that transported 12.5 million of their ancestors from Africa as early as the 16th century. The free Internet database gives African-Americans the opportunity for the first time to explore their African heritage the way whites have long been able to chart their migration. ...more

January 7, 2009

Dade City's Shide Sharrell Hill, 18, a Pasco High School senior, was crowned Miss Kwanzaa 2007 during a pageant held Thursday night at the American Legion Hall on Church Street. ...more

December 29, 2007

The Kwanzaa celebration sponsored by the African American Heritage Society of East Pasco County continues through Tuesday. ...more

December 27, 2007