Forten began to use his influence to advocate for the abolition of slavery, helping fund and contributing to William ... and so Jefferson’s Embargo of 1807 and the outbreak of the War of 1812 caused ...
New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in ...
Many of the early leaders, staff and financial supporters of Columbus Public Library when it opened in 1873 were ...
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 ...
Now governments and communities across the US are redistributing land and wealth, from Evanston, Illinois, to Athens, Georgia ...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers voted Wednesday to create a commission to study and recommend potential reparations for slavery and the lingering effects of racial discrimination in the ...
Cambridge’s leading museum has provided a reflection room for visitors who may be triggered by an exhibition about the slave trade. The university’s Fitzwilliam Museum has launched a flagship ...
A Labour MP has called for the Sentencing Council to be abolished because it is “completely out of step with the British people”. Jonathan Brash, MP for Hartlepool, is the first Labour ...
The AICPA endorsed four of the six bills, all of which passed with bipartisan support and were forwarded to the Senate.