Slavery
Ghana’s president says U.S. and European wealth built on slavery, calls for reparations
September 22, 2023Speaking at the United Nations, Nana Akufo-Addo says it’s time to acknowledge the West was built thanks to the unpaid labor and horrors of African slavery.
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Over 200 bones unearthed and withheld from descendants of a historic Black cemetery
September 21, 2023Real estate developer says the remains are all non-human, but a local coalition wants a second opinion.
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Capoeira-based action musical tells of the escaped slave republic Palmares
June 6, 2023Palmares is a compelling story of a people fighting to preserve their freedom against the imperialism of their time.
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The fight to save affirmative action is a fight to save democracy
November 3, 2022Republicans chip away at democracy at the ballot box; right-wing Supreme Court justices do it from the bench.
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‘Omar’: Opera about an enslaved Muslim may become a runaway hit
November 1, 2022It’s a story of brutal enslavement in America, told in an accessible manner both in narrative and song. It’s a paean to survival despite hell, the will to live another day.
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