Arts Jun 16 Shockoe Institute explores enduring impact of slavery and how to expand freedom today By Amna Nawaz, Anne Azzi Davenport, Hunter Bonaparte, Jiaya Echevarria
World May 28 French parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code France abolished slavery in 1848, but the Code Noir was never formally eliminated as a law. The vote is seen as a significant step in addressing France's colonial past. By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press
Nation Mar 27 New York's newly identified Underground Railroad passage is under threat The discovery has substantially raised the museum's foot traffic, along with hopes of staving off a possible nine-story mixed-use building next door because building it could damage the walls and foundation of the adjacent historic site. By Terry Tang, Joseph B. Frederick, Associated Press
World Mar 25 UN calls for reparations to remedy the historical wrongs of trafficking enslaved Africans The U.N. General Assembly's resolution also urges “the prompt and unhindered restitution” of cultural items to their countries of origin without charge. By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
Arts Mar 12 AP report: Slave ship artifact will soon leave the Smithsonian to return to its South African home A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, when a remnant from one of the first sunken slave ships… By Gary Fields, River Zhang, Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press
Feb 19 Slavery exhibit returns to Philadelphia's Independence Mall after Trump administration ordered its removal By Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press Workers on Thursday began restoring an exhibit on the lives of the nine people once enslaved at the former President's House in Philadelphia amid a contentious legal fight between the city and the Trump administration. Continue reading
Jan 23 Philadelphia sues Trump administration over removal of slavery exhibit from public park By Tassanee Vejpongsa, Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press Outraged critics accused President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” on Friday after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in response to his executive order “restoring truth and sanity to American history”… Continue reading
May 28 Harvard ends legal battle over early photos of enslaved people, agrees to relinquish images By Leah Willingham, Associated Press A lawyer says the images will be transferred to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history with a woman who says she is one of the subjects' descendants. Continue reading
Mar 26 Descendants of people enslaved by St. Louis University say they cannot participate in formal apology By Gabrielle Hays St. Louis University was set to apologize for enslaving people. Hours before the ceremony, a group of descendants of Black people the school owned and traded backed out, citing concerns that the yearslong reconciliation process ultimately felt too symbolic. Continue reading
Feb 25 A Black community in Louisiana was eligible for historic landmark designation. The National Park Service withdrew it from consideration By Jack Brook, Associated Press The agency withdrew the 11-mile stretch of land known as Great River Road from consideration for National Historic Landmark designation at the request of state officials, who celebrated the move as a win for economic development. Continue reading