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Slavery

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
Russell Simmons at the 15th annual Art for Life Gala (Getty Image)

ADL Rips Russell Simmons for Comparing Animal Abuse to Holocaust and Slavery

By Will Bredderman
March 1965: Participants in a black voting rights march in Alabama. Dr Martin Luther King led the march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery. (Photo: William Lovelace/Express/Getty Images)

Mapping the Racist Mind

By Dale Peck
The African Burial Ground National Monument, in Lower Manhattan.

The Wages of Regret: How Do We Remember Painful Portions of History in the Context of a Modern City?

By Chris Pomorski

Craigslist Ad Pretty Much Just Looking For a Slave (And Not the Fun Kind)

By Drew Grant

Yvette Clarke Struggles With History on Colbert Report [Video]

By Colin Campbell
Joe The Plumber (Photo: Getty)

‘Joe The Plumber’s’ Spokesman Explains His Holocaust Theories: ‘Joe Is A Student Of History’

By Hunter Walker
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