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WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress observed the 400th anniversary Tuesday of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in…
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — A family that traces its bloodline to America’s first enslaved Africans will gather at its cemetery…
In August of 1619, the first 20 or so Africans arrived on the shores of Virginia marking the beginning of…
NBC shared that Mitch McConnell is the decedent of slave owners. It was reported that they owned 14 slaves. This…
Thomas Jefferson’s city-sanctioned birthday celebration has been formally terminated. In a controversial decision during a recent meeting of the Charlottesville,…
“They made me a slave today.” Aneka Burton still remembers the way her then 10-year-old son, Nikko, who is black,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The debate over reparations catapulted from the campaign trail to Congress on Wednesday as lawmakers heard impassioned…
WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a decade’s absence, the case for reparations is returning to Capitol Hill, this time…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A holiday that is spreading across the U.S. and beyond, Juneteenth is considered the oldest known celebration…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The topic of reparations for slavery is headed to Capitol Hill for its first hearing in more…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The old wooden ship hull didn’t look like much when researchers first saw it: just broken,…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Researchers working in the murky waters of the northern Gulf Coast have located the wreck of…
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Thomas Jefferson’s city-sanctioned birthday celebration has been formally terminated. In a controversial decision during a recent meeting of the Charlottesville,…