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March 9, 2020
[griojw id=”ZnblCkaw” playerid=””] New York Times investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones unveiled her life’s seminal work last fall, with the ground-breaking
Wake Forest University
February 21, 2020
The president of Wake Forest University issued a public apology Thursday for the institution's past involvement in slavery.
classroom
January 2, 2020
Black students played the role of slaves in a history lesson, but that didn't sit well with them and the…
Reparations
January 1, 2020
It is hard for many to think about how this time of year less than 200 years ago, enslaved people…
December 10, 2019
A Missouri teacher was placed on administrative leave after asking students to put a price on slaves as part of…
December 5, 2019
The Statue of Liberty was once thought to be built to herald new immigrants, but it was actually built to…
reparations
October 25, 2019
Few Americans are in favor of giving reparations to descendants of enslaved black people in the United States, a new…
Princeton Theological Seminary theGrio.com
October 22, 2019
After the Princeton Theological Seminary published a report that it played a role in slavery, they have designated $27 million…
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September 24, 2019
A Long Island middle school teacher has come under fire are allegedly instructing students to caption photos of slavery with…
Andre Bradshaw, left, and Eric Jackson stand at an unmarked grave at the Tucker Family Cemetery in Hampton, Va. on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. They are part of a larger family that traces its roots back to the first enslaved Africans to arrive in what is now Virginia in 1619. (AP Photo/Ben Finley) thegrio.com
August 26, 2019
A family that traces its bloodline to America's first enslaved Africans said Friday that their ancestors endured unimaginable toil and…
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August 23, 2019
A family that traces its bloodline to America’s first enslaved Africans will gather at its cemetery to reflect on their
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August 22, 2019
Four hundred years after American slavery and democratic self-rule were born almost simultaneously in what became the state of Virginia,…
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August 20, 2019
August 20, 1619 was the day slaves arrived on what would be continental American shores, and the date this country…
August 20, 2019
The NAACP is opening doors to learn about Black history from the shores of Africa to Jamestown, Va., in its…
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August 14, 2019
They say what’s done in the dark will come to light and that appears to be the case for a…
July 31, 2019
On Monday, a new Gallup poll revealed that the majority of Americans don’t support the U.S. government giving cash reparations payments…
In this Aug. 18, 2017, photo, a statue of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest sits in a park in Memphis, Tenn. A city council in Tennessee plans to consider four different ways to deal with the growing uproar over the existence of two statues of Confederate leaders at city parks. Council members in Memphis agreed Tuesday, Aug. 22, to discuss a resolution listing steps it can take to remove or board up statues of Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File)
July 16, 2019
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee changed course on Monday and declared he's now in favor of amending a law that requires…
2018 E! PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS -- Pictured: Activist Bryan Stevenson accepts the People's Champion Award on stage during the 2018 E! People's Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar on November 11, 2018 -- NUP_185094 -- (Photo by Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
June 25, 2019
Civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson rarely slows down, friends and family say. It seems he's always looking over details on…
In this March 20, 2019 file photo Tamara Lanier attends a news conference near the Harvard Club, in New York. Lanier, of Norwich, Conn., is suing the Harvard University for "wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation" of images she says depict two of her ancestors. Descendants of a Harvard professor who commissioned a series of 1850 photos of slaves say they're backing the lawsuit against the university. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
June 20, 2019
A woman suing Harvard University over 19th century images of slaves she says were her ancestors has received the backing…
Actor Danny Glover, right, and author Ta-Nehisi Coates, left, testify about reparation for the descendants of slaves during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
June 20, 2019
The debate over reparations catapulted from the campaign trail to Congress on Wednesday as lawmakers heard impassioned testimony for and…