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It's Claimed that Only 1.6% of US Citizens Owned Slaves In 1860. We Ran the Numbers
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoTwitter/Wallace Moura/Getty Images On April 2, 2024, the claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned...
Historic sites are reckoning with New York's slave-owning past. Here's how
Poughkeepsie Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen New York's third governor, Morgan Lewis, would return to his estate in Hyde Park in the early...
Is 'Doctor Strange' Actor Benedict Cumberbatch's Family Facing Lawsuit Over Slave-Owning Past In...
Blavity via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe family of actor Benedict Cumberbatch could face a lawsuit over their historical links to the...
DeSantis appointee to Disney board taught seminar using discredited research claiming White people...
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn appointee by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to an oversight board of Disney’s special tax district...
Benedict Cumberbatch's family could face legal pressure to pay reparations over historical links to...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBenedict Cumberbatch attends the EE British Academy Film Awards 2022.Samir Hussein/WireImage via...
Sunny Hostin's Mother Cried to Learn About Family's Slave-Owning Past: 'She Was Deeply Disappointed'
People via Yahoo News· 3 months ago'The View' co-host learned her ancestor's likely status as "enslavers" on Tuesday's 'Finding Your...
McMicken no more? UC president Pinto recommends removal of slave-owning founder's name
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUniversity of Cincinnati President Neville Pinto will recommend the university strip its founder...
"Black AF History" author on whitewashing the past: "They have tried every way possible to erase us"
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMichael Harriot Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Fatima Michon As an '80s baby that carved...
Petition to rename Andrew Jackson Middle School underway due to trail of tears, slavery
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNoting Andrew Jackson’s slave-owning past and his role in the Trail of Tears, a group of community...
This Oscar-Nominated Actor May Have To Pay Reparations For Family's Link To Slavery In Barbados
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBarbados is cracking down on the wealthy descendants of slave owners and seeking reparations. What...