As Agassiz School is rechristened Harriet Tubman, Chicago looks at how to deal with other buildings,...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn eighth-grade student at what will now be known as Harriet Tubman Elementary in Chicago said she’s...
Chicago school renamed to honor civil rights activist Harriet Tubman
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoA Chicago elementary school has unveiled a new sign letting people know it is leaving behind the...
Chicago school that changed its name to honor Harriet Tubman makes it official with new sign
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoChicago Public Schools leaders and elected officials unveiled new signage at Harriet Tubman Elementary School on Monday as the school continues to distance itself from its prior namesake, the ...
Harvard Is at the Center of a Lawsuit About Photography and the Legacy of Slavery
InsideHook via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe United States is going through a much-needed reckoning with the legacy of slavery, including...
Cleveland district to rename schools with slaveholder names
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Cleveland school district will consider renaming seven schools that currently bear the names of...
7 Cleveland Schools Named After Slaveholders Set to Be Renamed
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeven schools in a Cleveland, Ohio school district have made the final list for a “New Year, New Me”...
Conn. woman can sue Harvard for emotional distress for photo of enslaved ancestor
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOver 170 years after a racist Harvard researcher requested photographs be taken of an enslaved Black man for pseudoscientific uses, […] The post Conn. woman can sue Harvard for emotional distress ...
Judge dismisses lawsuit over slave portraits at Harvard
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Massachusetts state judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a Connecticut woman who said Harvard University illegally owned photos of her enslaved ancestors and refused to turn them over. The photos ...
I sued Harvard to save my slave ancestors' legacy. Black people own rights to US history.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the process, I sued Harvard University and found allies in the most unexpected place —among the...
Massachusetts Supreme Court Says Woman Can Sue Harvard for Use of Images of Her Enslaved Ancestors
The Root via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn June 23, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a Connecticut woman could sue...