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
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
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
Ta-Nehisi Coates Spent 10 Years Writing ‘The Water Dancer,’ Oprah’s Newest Book Club Pick By Helen Holmes
French Museum Under Fire for Slavery Descriptions, Adrien Brody Returns to Art Miami By Alanna Martinez
Black Americans Defend Sanders Against Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Biased and Baseless Attacks By Michael Sainato