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President of Guyana demands slavery reparations ahead of apology from plantation owner descendants
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoGuyana president Irfaan Ali on Thursday lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders,...
Book Excerpt: 'Better Venture' looks at how the current venture model connects to the slave trade
TechCrunch ExtraCrunch· 1 year agoIn an examination of important historical texts relating to the transoceanic spice and tea trades,...
Door of No Return: Yellen visits onetime slave-trading post
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoU.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an...
Yellen, at former slave port, sees path of renewal for Africa and U.S
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGOREE ISLAND, Senegal (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday spoke of the...
Black churches in Florida buck DeSantis: 'Our churches will teach our own history.'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe 30 or so people who logged on to hear about the trans-Atlantic slave trade Wednesday night was...
Advance Placement African American Studies course should be approved
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe information in this AP course enlightens the reader about the early periods in African history,...
Prince Harry's admission fuels debate over royals' link to slavery
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLondon — The publisher of Prince Harry's new memoir Spare says it's selling at a record-setting...
Toronto's Yonge-Dundas square is being renamed. Here's what it'll be called — and why
CBC via Yahoo News· 5 months agoToronto city council voted Thursday to rename Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square and recommended...
Church of England sheds light on ‘shameful’ slave trade ties
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoLONDON (AP) — Three centuries ago, an enslaved person in Virginia wrote to a leader of the Church of...
Boston Passes Resolution Apologizing For Slavery Role
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter a brief delay, Boston’s city council approved a resolution apologizing for the role the...