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The International African American Museum will soon open in Charleston, South Carolina, at one of the country’s most historically significant slave trading ports.Overlooking the sacred site of Gadsden’s Wharf, at which an estimated 45% of enslaved Africans entered America, the museum houses exhibits and artifacts exploring how African Americans’ labor and resistance shaped the nation […]
Charleston, South Carolina CNN — At the site of one of the world’s most prolific slave ports, a museum designed to “simultaneously hold the sensations of trauma and joy” is set to open next week honoring the many thousands of Africans forced to leave home under barbaric conditions as it also celebrates their essential American […]
Charleston, South Carolina CNN — At the site of one of the world’s most prolific slave ports, a museum designed to “simultaneously hold the sensations of trauma and joy” is set to open next week honoring the many thousands of Africans forced to leave home under barbaric conditions as it also celebrates their essential American […]
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Sitting at her bedroom desk, nursing a cup of coffee on a quiet Tuesday morning, Lauren Davila scoured digitized old newspapers for slave auction […]
State courts in every state highlighted on this map have cited cases involving enslaved people in the 1980s or later. Citing Slavery Project, Michigan State University hide caption toggle caption Citing Slavery Project, Michigan State University State courts in every state highlighted on this map have cited cases involving enslaved people in the 1980s or […]
The Atlantic slave trade constituted one of the worst crimes against humanity in recorded history. Over the course of four centuries, a cruel and thriving economy developed around enslaving and transporting millions of African people across the Atlantic Ocean—known as the “Middle Passage.” Here are nine lesser-known facts about slave trade: 1. The Atlantic slave […]
The U.S. government is considering asking Black Americans on federal forms, including the census, whether their ancestors were enslaved. In a proposed update to how the government tracks Americans’ race and ethnicity, the Biden administration is asking the public for input on how it might go about differentiating Black people who are
The Scott Trust, the foundation that owns the British newspaper The Guardian — a progressive media organization dedicated to defending the rule of law, public liberties and left-wing causes — on Tuesday apologized for its founders’ ties to the slave trade. The act of contrition comes in response to an extensive report commissioned by the […]
Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New YorkMarch 27, 2023 AS DELIVERED Good morning and thank you Madam Chair. And let me start by thanking the Secretary-General, for his participation in today’s somber commemoration of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. I stand before you as the U.S. Ambassador to the United […]
(CNN) One of America’s most prolific slave trading ports is to open as a museum after more than two decades of planning in Charleston, South Carolina. The International African American Museum will open the weekend of January 21, 2023, the museum announced Wednesday. The 150,000-square-foot facility will be at the former site of Gadsden’s Wharf […]