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In an Aug. 26 letter, retired Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule demands the removal of the Confederate Memorial at Arlington because the Confederacy endorsed slavery. Would he also demand the destruction of ...

Seven years after the Florida Legislature approved a memorial recognizing the tragedy of slavery for the grounds of the ...

Most recently, in 2003, a plan to construct a National Slave Memorial in Washington, DC died in Congress when legislators opted to authorize the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and ...

Retropolis The way we remember slavery is changing. One county is taking the lead. A project places bronze plaques around Arlington, Virginia, to honor the thousands of people once enslaved there.

LISBON, July 1 (Reuters) - The mayor of Lisbon has been accused of "boycotting" Portugal's first memorial to victims of slavery, a long-delayed project in a country still struggling to confront ...

Faculty of Arts and Sciences chief campus curator Brenda Tindal and Graduate School of Design professor Eric Höweler will serve as the new co-chairs of Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Memorial Project.

Works to restore the UK's oldest anti-slavery memorial have been completed. The memorial arch in Stroud, Gloucestershire, was built in 1834 to commemorate the abolition of slavery in the British ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After seven years of proposals, planning and politics, the slavery memorial at the Capitol in Tallahassee is on display. The bronze statue has different figures depicting ...

In 2026, a new memorial to the 12.5 million enslaved people transported to the Americas and Europe – and their descendants – will be unveiled on West India Quay in London’s Docklands.. The ...

Hew Locke – Memorial for the victims of the transatlantic slave trade consists of bronze sculptures of boys and girls, carrying buildings which were built in London from money earned by the ...