Tag: enslaved people
Door of No Return: Yellen visits Onetime Slave-Trading Post
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press
GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an...
Not all Insurrections are Equal – for Enslaved Americans, it was the Only Option
By Deion Scott Hawkins, The Conversation
For most Americans, Jan. 6 was once an ordinary, ho-hum day.
That changed in 2021 when millions of television viewers...
Harvard Releases Report Detailing Connections to Slavery
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor
On April 26, 2022, Harvard President Larry Bacow released a detailed report entitled “Harvard and the Legacy of...
Reflections on America’s Independence Observance
By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
Because of where America stands today on the ever present issue of race,...
Congresswoman: House Has Votes to Pass Reparations Bill
Congresswoman Jackson Lee said this week that there’s now enough votes in the House for passage of the historic piece of legislation.
By Stacy M....