Tag: Slave Trade
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...
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...
Efforts spotlight slave who inspired beach name, local tale
By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press
An enslaved Black man, the tall tale he inspired and the beach that now bears his name are the focus...
Oakland Program Distributes $500 to Families of Color
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
In the middle of a worldwide awakening to the centuries-old racism and oppression suffered by Black...
NAACP Observes 400th Anniversary of Slave Trade
The two-week-long observance included a Monday, August 19, visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture which was followed by a trip...