Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative released a public database Tuesday identifying 1,613 people who were enslaved by ...

In Summer 2022, following the release of the Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery report, Dean Srikant Datar tasked the OCC to take the lead in establishing a framework for examining the report's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of Jefferson Davis, second from left, is on display in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington. A slaveholder, Davis ...

To this day, America continues to grapple with the legacy of slavery. On this week’s episode, we explore the creation of slave patrols, which were created to control the movement of enslaved Black ...

A 2024 study found that members of Congress who are descendants of slaveholders are significantly wealthier than their peers. Legislators descended from large slaveholders have a median net worth five ...

United Nations International Days, Weeks, Years and Decades communicate about, foster deeper understanding, and encourage action on key issues affecting the individuals and communities we serve. These ...

A bill that would give California colleges and universities an option to provide preference in admissions to descendants of slavery has cleared the state’s Senate Education Committee with a 5-2 vote ...