With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

Thomas Jefferson claimed he came up with a plan for the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 100 years before the Civil ...

In a late-night Executive Order on Friday, Trump accused South Africa’s government of “egregious actions” without providing ...

The last time a newly sworn president used his inaugural address to announce that he would aggressively seek to increase ...

An alliance of Jesuits and descendants of those the order once enslaved aims to achieve restorative justice by modeling terms of an 1838 slave sale.

From that point on, Douglass became a sharp and invaluable critic of the institution of slavery. Early on, he agreed with ...

As people across the country experience these issues, which affect everyone in different ways, it’s important that we learn ...

As voters, we should encourage our state and local elected officials to advocate for reparative justice for lineage-based Black Americans.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley has reintroduced H.R. 40, a bill to study reparations for slavery, amid President Trump's dismantling of ...

In a blistering lawsuit filed last month in the Southern District of New York, the Nigerian-born journalist claimed she ...