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Harvard agrees to transfer photos of enslaved people to black history museum
The settlement comes after a 15 year legal battle between the university and a Connecticut woman who claims she is a ...
From the Files of Harvard, Here’s How Real Slaves Looked 175 Years Ago
A picture is worth 1,000 words, and in the case of two enslaved African Americans, their portraits set off a historic chain ...
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Harvard agrees to relinquish early photos of enslaved people
Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South ...
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Harvard reaches historic settlement over earliest known photographs of enslaved Americans
Harvard University has agreed to transfer ownership of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people to Tamara Lanier, a descendant of one of the subjects, as part of a landmark legal settlement ...
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In Photos: Harvard’s 374th Commencement Exercises
Thousands of graduates, Harvard faculty, friends, and family crowded into Harvard Yard on Thursday for the University’s 374th ...
Harvard University Agrees To Transfer Early Photographs Of Enslaved People To African American Museum After Years Long Legal Battle
Harvard University has agreed to turn over 175-year-old photographs of enslaved people to a museum in South Carolina, ending ...
Confronting the dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans
There's an ongoing attempt to erase knowledge of these atrocities and pretend as if they were just figments of Black folks’ ...
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Echoes from civilizations
The book connects different civilizations through 15 cultural nodes across time and space, tracing cultural exchange and ...
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The ‘1975’ project helps Vietnamese refugee families open up about their past
This year marks a half-century since the end of the Vietnam War. A well-known memorial in Washington, DC, pays tribute to the ...
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Purchased For $27.50, Harvard Discovers It’s A Priceless, Original, Magna Carta
Now, in a stunning revelation that has sent ripples through the world of medieval history ... the BBC said. Photo: RB Toth Associates via Harvard Law School The story of how this treasure ended ...