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Boston's Faneuil Hall was named after a slave owner. City council calls for renaming the site
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Boston City Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a resolution that calls for renaming...
Here’s Why Some of the Black Community Is Driving #BoycottWomanKing on Social Media
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWho’s driving the #BoycottWomanKing trend on social media in protest of the Viola Davis-starring...
Slavery, the Constitution and Jan. 1, 1808
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Jan. 1, 1808, a law passed by Congress and eagerly signed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 went into effect prohibiting the foreign slave trade.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mother Was an Enslaved Russian Who Was Freed by His Father
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKaroly Arvai/ReutersLeonardo da Vinci’s mother was stolen from present-day Russia and enslaved,...
Brooklyn Nets Owner Condemns Kyrie Irving For Promoting Antisemitic Film
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBrooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai is speaking out against his team’s star player, Kyrie Irving. Tsai...
Dracula may have wept blood on tear-stained letters, chemical analysis reveals
Salon via Yahoo News· 9 months agoVlad the Impaler Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images New research published this month in the...
Britain has less to apologise for on slavery than any other nation on Earth
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThere’s a lot of discussion nowadays about Britain’s history of involvement in slavery. Indeed there...
Kyrie Irving Boosts Antisemitic Movie Peddling ‘Jewish Slave Ships’
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe video is based on a venomously antisemitic book which asserts that "many famous high-ranking...
The story of "Amazing Grace"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn January 1, 1773, in Olney, England, The Rev. John Newton, a slave trader-turned-abolitionist, gave a sermon about personal redemption. His words would...
The bustling African city four hours from London hoping to break records
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMarrakech is a destination that wants to look forward. Morocco’s Red City, famous for its history,...
