Harriet Tubman

Library Of Congress And Smithsonian Team Up To…

With photos of Harriet Tubman being few and far between, when a rare new photo of her surfaced it was…
04.03.17
Golden State Warriors v Minnesota Timberwolves

Warriors Star Andre Iguodala Fined $10,000 Over Post-Game…

The NBA imposed the fine Monday after using the n-word in an interview on Friday.
03.14.17
New York City Awaits Results Of Presidential Election

You Don’t Say? Racism Helps Republicans Win Elections…

A new study finds that the counties or areas of the country where slavery was most prevalent today vote Republican…
03.14.17
SA-SallyHemings

Sally Hemings’ Room To Be Excavated At Thomas…

The room of Sally Hemings, a slave who had a long-term relationship with Thomas Jefferson, will be excavated at Monticello.
02.20.17
Rep. John Conyers...

Rep. John Conyers Is Not Giving Up On…

Rep. John Conyers held a Capitol Hill briefing to spark dialogue about reparations.
02.20.17
Engraving of Slaves Working In Field by Horace Bradley

Parents Outraged Over L.A. School’s 2nd Grade Slavery…

NBC News Los Angeles reports the Los Angeles Unified School District is investigating a teacher who gave a word problem…
02.15.17
Library Walk, Yale University Campus

Yale To Drop Slavery Advocate’s Name From Residential…

Yale University announced that John C. Calhoun College will be renamed after computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper.
02.12.17
Gavel and Figure of Justice

NEWS ROUNDUP: Alabama Appoints Its First Black Woman…

Lynneice Washington has made history as the first African-American woman to become a District Attorney in the state of Alabama.
01.24.17
"Empire of Cotton"

Man Grows Cotton In Harlem To Teach Kids…

Willie Morgan, who hails from Georgia, grows actual cotton in Harlem to teach children in his neighborhood about slavery.
10.28.16
Interior of prison cell blocks on Alcatraz Island

Ava DuVernay’s New Netflix Documentary ’13th’ Exposes Connection…

"13th" analyzes the criminalization of African-Americans, the U.S. prison boom, and their connections to the 13th Amendment.
03.15.18
Slavery Stock image

U.S. Owes Reparations To African-Americans, UN Experts Say

A group of U.N. experts issued a report urging the U.S. to give some form of reparations to African-Americans. The…
09.28.16
Democratic National Convention

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries: Blacks Have Consistently Lived Under…

Rep. Jeffries dissected the history of Africans in America and the Black experience in the United States.
04.05.18
Georgetown University in Washington DC

Georgetown University Slave Descendants Call For $1 Billion…

A group of Georgetown University's slave descendants objects to the university's compensation plan. They want to work with the school…
09.12.16
'The Half Has Never Been Told:' Author Explains How Slavery Powered American Capitalism

Georgetown University Makes Small Step To Atone For…

Georgetown University announced a plan to amend for its slave holding past. But will the offer of preferential admission benefit…
09.02.16
"Empire of Cotton"

Georgia Teacher Under Fire For Slavery Game

A teacher is in trouble over having her only Black student play a slave in an Underground Railroad game. School…
08.29.16

Roland Martin Clashes With White Supremacist Over White…

Richard Spencer, president of The National Policy Institute and founder of the Radix Journal, and a self-described identitarian who supports White supremacist…
03.16.18
Library Walk, Yale University Campus

Black Yale Worker Loses Job After Breaking Stained-Glass…

A Black worker at Yale smashed a stained-glass window that depicted slaves picking cotton. He lost his job and faces…
07.12.16
2016 BET Awards - Show

NEWS ROUNDUP: Shonda Rhimes Denounces Petition To Have…

A Change.org petition was recently launched in an effort to get Williams fired from the ABC show Grey's Anatomy.
07.06.16
Criminal Charges Announced Against Baltimore Police Officers In Freddie Gray's Death

NEWS ROUNDUP: Baltimore Police Union Urges Marilyn Mosby…

The Baltimore Police Union is calling on state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby to throw out all charges against the officers involved in…
06.27.16