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In Georgia, protests planned at salute to U.S. South’s pro-slavery past Slavery Abolition

In Georgia, protests planned at salute to U.S. South’s pro-slavery past

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comATLANTA, April 30 (Reuters) - Carrying signs decrying "racist traitors," about a hundred civil rights activists marched and chanted at Georgia's Stone Mountain on Saturday to protest at the return of an annual celebration of the Confederacy. The protest took place at the…
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April 30, 2022
Guyana’s president calls for ‘meaningful’ apology over slavery after meeting Boris Johnson Slavery Abolition

Guyana’s president calls for ‘meaningful’ apology over slavery after meeting Boris Johnson

Guyana's president has called for an apology from the UK over its role in the transatlantic slave trade after meeting Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Speaking to Sky News, Irfaan Ali explained that a decision calling for reparations over "one of the greatest atrocities in human history" must be taken by…
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April 29, 2022
Harvard’s promise to address slavery’s evil is more than just talk Slavery Abolition

Harvard’s promise to address slavery’s evil is more than just talk

Harvard University on Tuesday announced a massive study of slavery and how the Ivy League university profited from it, and the university paired that announcement with a promise of a $100 million fund to address the effects of the university’s past. Unlike with other contrite statements made regarding slavery, Harvard…
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April 28, 2022
Harvard slavery report shows why race-conscious admissions are absolutely critical Slavery Abolition

Harvard slavery report shows why race-conscious admissions are absolutely critical

On Tuesday, Harvard University released findings from its yearslong investigation into its legacy of slavery. “Over nearly 150 years, from the university’s founding in 1636 until the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found slavery unlawful in 1783, Harvard presidents and other leaders, as well as its faculty and staff, enslaved more…
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April 27, 2022