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The non-binding resolution pledges Boston will remove "prominent anti-Black symbols" and teach residents its history in the slave trade.
The city of Boston would acknowledge and apologize for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, under a resolution to…
Calls are getting louder for President Biden to sign an executive order to create a commission that would study reparations…
Universities profited from slavery and played a role in the enslavement of Black people. They should acknowledge this legacy and…
Trent University student Zwena Gray hopes to be the first Black woman to complete the 559-miile journey in modern times.
The Clotilda’s voyage was financed by a wealthy Alabama businessman whose descendants still have extensive land holdings around Mobile.
School Principal Kelly Nicastro told parents in a letter that school leaders “take these allegations very seriously.”
Harvard University will spend $100 million to research and make amends for the school's ties with slavery.
The unidentified Creative Arts Charter School teacher was out of her classroom for five weeks after the controversial lesson.
Columbia will add historical markers to four residence halls to celebrate the Black students who lived there in the early…
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the bipartisan legislation, which expands the number of paid state holidays from 12 to 13.
California’s task force on reparations is at a crossroads, with members divided on which Black Americans should be eligible for…
Mayor Muriel Bowser's task force to remove slaveowners names from D.C. government buildings has reportedly disbanded.
Prince William expressed his “profound sorrow” for slavery during a visit to Jamaica. He stopped short of offering the apology…
Keke Palmer's latest film, Alice, is officially in theaters now, and theGrio caught up with the film star and Common,…
Proponents for H.R. 40 say that time is of the essence to finally address reparations for African descendants.
There are so many times and so many ways that Black people have become a political football in the United…
Evelyn England worked for 12 years at the First White House of the Confederacy. She said Black and white visitors…
Writer Michael Harriot courageously tracks down the "Black friend" described in Rhode Island State Rep. Patricia Morgan's now viral tweet.
"All proceeds to the defendants so they can go for a pint," Banksy said in an Instagram post backing protesters.