Slavery

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August 14, 2019

White man arrested after spitting in Black girlfriend’s face over slave game

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July 31, 2019

Poll reveals most Americans oppose cash reparations for slavery

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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 governor backtracks on Confederate proclamation honoring KKK leader after backlash

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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

HBO doc ‘True Justice’ explores lawyer Bryan Stevenson’s defense of death row inmates and his lynching memorial

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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

Woman suing Harvard over slave portraits gets key support

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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

‘Why not now?’ Ta-Nehisi Coates and Danny Glover join lawmakers to debate slavery reparations

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May 30, 2019

After Black students cast as slaves for auction for school history lesson investigation finds profoundly negative impact

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May 29, 2019

Study finds white people in the South still have racial bias against Blacks

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April 19, 2019

Ancestry.com apologizes for romanticizing slavery in new commercial

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April 19, 2019

Opinion: A breakdown of why Black Twitter (rightfully) got the plug pulled on that ridiculous Ancestry.com ad

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April 19, 2019

Ancestry.com pulls tone-deaf ad that critics say romanticizes slavery

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April 3, 2019

BLACK HISTORY REVEALED: Research names woman, kidnapped at 12, as last survivor of America’s slave trade

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March 29, 2019

Paris art exhibition renames paintings to pay homage to formerly nameless Black models

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March 22, 2019

Signage at an old Louisiana slave plantation removed after suggesting they were ‘happy’

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March 20, 2019

Black woman says Harvard unfairly used her slave ancestor’s photos for nearly 170 years

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March 6, 2019

Congressman James Clyburn challenges reparations despite 2020 presidential candidates being open to idea

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March 5, 2019

New book redefines narrative of the role white women played in slavery

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Mom outraged after child picks cotton and sings slave songs on class trip. (Fox 46) thegrio.com
February 22, 2019

RACIST VIDEO: Black mom outraged after son picked cotton and sang slave songs on class trip

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February 22, 2019

#BlackHistoryFail: Dumbest gym teacher ever made kids be ‘runaway slaves’ for activity

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February 15, 2019

New legislation wants to protect once forgotten African-American burial grounds

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