Tag: slavery
Fisk Jubilee Singers Celebrate 150 Years Since First Tour
By Kristin M. Hall, AP Entertainment Writer
The Fisk Jubilee Singers' first tour wasn't an immediate success, but their perseverance through financial hardship to find...
Remnants of Black Church Uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg
By Ben Finley, Associated Press
The brick foundation of one of the nation's oldest Black churches has been unearthed at Colonial Williamsburg, a living history...
Black Couple’s Daring Escape From Slavery Marked in London
By Danica Kirka, Associated Press
A Black couple who escaped slavery in the U.S. state of Georgia and fled to Britain to campaign for abolition...
Expanded Museum Traces Legacy of Slavery in America
By Kim Chandler, Associated Press
The statues of chained men, women and children stick hauntingly out of sand as simulated waves crash overhead, a symbol...
The Case for Reparations: Cal Task Force Hears Painful Personal, Family Stories
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media
Last week, California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals took an expansive but deeply personalized look...
