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
Sep 23 Ta-Nehisi Coates Spent 10 Years Writing ‘The Water Dancer,’ Oprah’s Newest Book Club Pick By Helen Holmes
Aug 1 A Global Summit Is Needed to Address Reparations for Slavery and Colonialism By Michael Sainato
Mar 28 11 of the Angriest Comments From Rachel Dolezal’s Facebook Live With the NY Times By John Bonazzo
Feb 3 Black History Month: Remembering Mary Turner and the ‘Holocaust of Lynchings’ By Michael Sainato
Oct 13 French Museum Under Fire for Slavery Descriptions, Adrien Brody Returns to Art Miami By Alanna Martinez
Jun 29 Who’s Behind This Amazing Brexit Photo? Lena Dunham Blasts Kanye West…And More By Guelda Voien
Jun 1 Public Art With Slave Imagery Rejected by City Because People Do Pilates in the Park By Guelda Voien
Jan 21 Black Americans Defend Sanders Against Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Biased and Baseless Attacks By Michael Sainato
Sep 2 Bratton Blames ‘Over-Incarceration’ in 1990s for Black Family Disintegration By Will Bredderman