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Chicago’s Daniel Boone Elementary will get a new name after school rejects slaveholder moniker
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDaniel Boone Elementary is the latest Chicago school to change its name to remove a reference to a...
Opinion: Everyone should know the history behind Black History Month. It's applicable today.
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s ironic that, amid the celebration of Black History Month, headlines tell of diversity programs...
Massachusetts Supreme Court Says Woman Can Sue Harvard for Use of Images of Her Enslaved Ancestors
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn June 23, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a Connecticut woman could sue...
More than just a mall, Coralville offers plenty for the visiting RAGBRAI bikers
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHey, you RAGBRAI’rs, it’s time for Coralville’s uprising to take centerstage. The town previously...
Conn. woman can sue Harvard for emotional distress for photo of enslaved ancestor
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years 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 ...
Harvard must face lawsuit over 'horrific' slave photos -Massachusetts court
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBOSTON (Reuters) -Massachusetts' highest court on Thursday ruled that Harvard University can be sued...
Exploring scenic Calaveras County following Highway 4 into the Sierras
The Stockton Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt’s been a few years since we took that lovely drive up and over Highway 4 and Ebbetts Pass, but...
Harvard can be sued for distress over slave photos, Massachusetts high court rules
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Connecticut woman who says she's descended from slaves portrayed in widely published historical photos owned by Harvard can sue the Ivy League university for emotional distress, Massachusetts ...
How one man lived in an iron lung for 70 years – and wrote a book with his mouth
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFew people write their memoirs by tapping the letters on a keyboard with a pen glued to a stick...
EDITORIAL: A reckoning for Harvard and New England
The Salem News, Mass. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 11—Harvard University's recent, long-awaited reckoning with its ties to slavery was an eye-opener. As outlined earlier this month in an exhaustive, 130-page report titled "Harvard & the ...
