Reuters examined how many political elites descend from slaveholders, and asked them what it means to learn the facts behind their own family’s part in slavery.

Attendees, many of them dressed in white, gathered near Africatown Bridge on the banks of the river, where the ship remains ...

The legacy of slavery and systemic racism makes a strong case for reparations. Learn the key proposals, divided opinions, and where the issue stands now.

Harvard University reached a settlement Wednesday with the descendants of enslaved people who had their photos taken by a university professor back in the 1800s. Tamara Lanier, the great-great-great ...

Harvard University will relinquish the earliest known images of enslaved people in the United States, ending a decades-long quest by the great-great-great-granddaughter of the enslaved people to ...

Harvard agrees to relinquish early photos of slaves, ending a long legal battle The 175-year-old photographs are believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people.

The International African American Museum (IAMM) in South Carolina will soon be in possession of 175-year-old photos believed to be of early enslaved people after settling a 15-year legal battle ...

A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 bill with abolitionist Harriet Tubman. But Jackson isn’t the only one ...

The photos will not go to Lanier as part of the settlement, but instead will be turned over along with pictures of five other enslaved people to the International African American Museum in ...

After a 15-year battle, Harvard agrees in settlement to relinquish early photos of slaves Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved ...

Harvard agrees to relinquish early photos of slaves, ending a long legal battle The 175-year-old photographs are believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people.