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Slavery

Aug 24

Harvard Law School’s New Shield No Longer References a Slave Owner’s Family Crest

The new design includes Harvard's Latin motto, veritas, over the words lex et iustitia, which mean law and justice.
By Helen Holmes
Feb 9

Amsterdam’s ‘Slavery’ Exhibition Links Dutch Colonial Art to the Slave Trade

A Rembrandt portrait of a sugar refinery heir and dioramas made for Europeans both show how art smoothed over the raw edges of reality.
By Helen Holmes
Jan 21

A Civil War-Era Painting by a Black Artist was Gifted to Biden on Inauguration Day

The Black, Civil War-era artist's career was bolstered by abolitionists, who bought his paintings and funded his trips to Europe.
By Helen Holmes
Aug 28

Alexandre Dumas’ Real Life Was as Fascinating as His Fiction

By Helen Holmes
Sep 23

Ta-Nehisi Coates Spent 10 Years Writing ‘The Water Dancer,’ Oprah’s Newest Book Club Pick

By Helen Holmes
slavery reparations
Jun 26

Race, Devils, Ignorance & Reparations

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Mar 23

Lawsuit Accuses Harvard of Profiting From Images of Slaves

By Helen Holmes
The General Assembly Hall of the United Nations at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Aug 1

A Global Summit Is Needed to Address Reparations for Slavery and Colonialism

By Michael Sainato
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States of America.
Jul 27

Thomas Jefferson’s Record on Slavery Wasn’t All Bad

By John A. Tures
President Donald Trump.
May 2

Dear Donald Trump: The Civil War Never Actually Ended

By Cliston Brown
Rachel Dolezal speaking at a rally.
Mar 28

11 of the Angriest Comments From Rachel Dolezal’s Facebook Live With the NY Times

By John Bonazzo
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson speaks during his swearing in ceremony on March 2, 2017.
Mar 7

‘Pied Piper’ Ben Carson Confirms His Role at HUD Will Be a Train Wreck

By Michael Sainato
Scottish feminist writer Claire Heuchan.
Mar 6

J.K. Rowling Is Helping This Black Scottish Feminist Take on Twitter Trolls

By John Bonazzo
Shackles for slave children are seen on display at the New-York Historical Society.
Feb 3

Black History Month: Remembering Mary Turner and the ‘Holocaust of Lynchings’

By Michael Sainato
Michael Twitty.
Jan 4

Michael Twitty Will Become a Culinary Star in 2017

By David Wallis
Musée du Quai Branly.
Oct 13

French Museum Under Fire for Slavery Descriptions, Adrien Brody Returns to Art Miami

By Alanna Martinez
Public housing in East Harlem.
Oct 12

NYC Council Members Want to Pull Slaveholder Names Off Public Housing

By Will Bredderman
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Aug 17

How to Overcome the Hormones That Make Us Hate

By Josh Gosfield and Camille Sweeney
Brexit, summed up by photographer Anastasia Piviliasky.
Jun 29

Who’s Behind This Amazing Brexit Photo? Lena Dunham Blasts Kanye West…And More

By Guelda Voien
Riverside Park.
Jun 1

Public Art With Slave Imagery Rejected by City Because People Do Pilates in the Park

By Guelda Voien
The copy of the Emancipation Proclamation that will be offered for sale.
May 19

Emancipation Proclamation, 13th Amendment to Hit the Auction Block

By Guelda Voien
COLUMBIA, SC - JANUARY 18: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (C) listens to a speaker during the King Day at the Dome rally at the S.C. State House January 18, 2016 in Columbia, South Carolina. The event drew appearances from Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Hillary Clinton. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Jan 21

Black Americans Defend Sanders Against Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Biased and Baseless Attacks

By Michael Sainato
Demand has only grown since Amazon pulled this children's book off the shelves. (Photo: Twitter)
Jan 19

Children’s Book About Happy Slaves Amazon Bestseller After Controversy

By John Bonazzo
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton (Photo: Spencer Platt for Getty Images)
Sep 2

Bratton Blames ‘Over-Incarceration’ in 1990s for Black Family Disintegration

By Will Bredderman
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