Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative released a public database Tuesday identifying 1,613 people who were enslaved by ...
There’s a new push to give federal reparations to descendants of slaves among congressional Democrats, this time being led by progressive Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich. Thanedar introduced a bill late ...
Georgetown University is looking to atone for its troubled history regarding slavery by offering preferential status in the admissions process to the descendants of 272 slaves who were sold in order ...
FILE - In this June 25, 2020, file photo, State Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, discusses one of the more than one dozen budget trailer ...
WORTHINGTON, Ohio — For generations, the Kelton House on Town Street has stood as a landmark of freedom and history in downtown Columbus — a documented stop on the Underground Railroad. But after a ...
NORWICH, Conn. — The two slaves, a father and daughter, were stripped to the waist and positioned for frontal and side views. Then, like subjects in contemporary mug shots, their pictures were taken, ...
We visit a forgotten Black school site in Calhoun, Georgia, and meet descendants of people who were enslaved—first under the Cherokee Nation and later under white settlers. Their community built ...
In a landmark non-binding vote, 123 nations back Ghana-led UN resolution urging apologies, artifact returns, and compensation ...