Last month, the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, or AAHGS, introduced its South Florida chapter, encompassing Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
Founded in 1977, AAHGS was created to fulfill the need for a historical organization that would focus largely on the family histories of minority groups, with the belief that they had been long overlooked in U.S. history.
According to the AAHGS website, the organization’s mission is to preserve the history, genealogy and cultural diversity of those descended from African people, promoting scholarly research and networking while also providing resources and assisting members in documenting their histories…