While a Florida curriculum implies that enslaved Africans ‘benefited’ from skills acquired through slavery, history shows they brought knowledge and skills to the US that predate their captivity.
August 14, 2023
Though it is a fact that some enslaved people learned valuable skills, it’s a myth that they had the same path of upward mobility that white laborers enjoyed.
September 26, 2023
With the first primaries of the 2024 election just around the corner, Republican candidates are stuck on the past as the divided party confronts race issues of the present and a desire among its base for a sanitized version of America’s history of slavery
January 13, 2024
A Black author says Georgia's white founding father deserves credit for inspiring the abolitionist movement that ultimately ended slavery
February 17, 2024
A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history
February 29, 2024
The history of slavery in America is the focus of a new sculpture park in Montgomery, Alabama
March 18, 2024
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for reparations over the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today's
July 02, 2024
A United Nations forum on people of African descent opened on Tuesday with calls for extra funding to support its work and progress towards reparations for transatlantic
April 26, 2024
Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House has spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to study or dispense money for reparations for slavery
April 24, 2024
Portugal's government said on Saturday it refuses to initiate any process to pay reparations for atrocities committed during transatlantic slavery and the
May 14, 2024
Portugal's parliament on Wednesday dismissed a proposal by the far-right to charge the country's president with treason over his support for reparations for
May 30, 2024
The conservationist group known as NYC Audubon has changed its name to NYC Bird Alliance to distance itself from the pro-slavery views of ornithologist and illustrator John James Audubon
June 11, 2024
Frederick Douglass was introduced to the idea of universal human rights after traveling to Ireland and meeting with Irish nationalist leaders.
June 14, 2024
Since the 1930s, the federal government has made payments to victims of financial hardships and social injustices. But for those suffering from the harms of slavery, the US remains silent.
June 19, 2024
Brazil is ready to help Portugal's government implement measures in reparation for the legacies of transatlantic slavery and colonialism by sharing its own
June 26, 2024
Born enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist, lecturer and writer. Along the way, he met an aspiring writer.
July 17, 2024
A historic gold-rush town in Northern California is at the center of a restitution fight led by Black families who say their ancestors' land was taken
July 20, 2024
US companies see record-low profits in China amid geopolitical tensions and slow growth, report says
Indian state minister to meet Samsung officials in bid to resolve strike
European shares jump 1% on tech boost; ECB meet in focus
Pac-12 targeting Boise St., Fresno St., San Diego St., Colorado St. for rebuild, AP sources say
Murdoch succession battle to play out in Nevada courtroom
Reggie Bush was at his LA-area home when 3 male suspects attempted to break in