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A Wrongfully Jailed Artist Confronts America's Legacy of Slavery
“Our country makes money off of black bodies by keeping them in jail,” says Gianni Lee.
Finding the Paradox Game Within Roman History for 'Imperator: Rome'
"There was a dream that was Rome," and 'Imperator' must reconcile that with a more complicated reality.
At least 110 Confederate monuments have been taken down in the last 3 years
And three new Confederate monuments have been dedicated.
College named for Robert E. Lee is considering reparations to descendants of 84 slaves it owned
The Confederate general served as president of Washington and Lee University and is buried in a shrine on campus.
Statue Celebrating Doctor Who Experimented on Slaves Moved From Central Park
J. Marion Sims, lauded as the “father of modern gynecology,” experimented on female slaves without consent or anesthesia.
NYC Will Move—But Not Remove—Statue of Gynecologist Who Experimented on Slaves
The statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims will be relocated from Central Park in Manhattan to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Some advocates say the decision is a "slap in the face."
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New major study shows that ketamine has "fast-acting" benefits for depression.
The Incredible, 180-Year History of Brooklyn's First Black Enclave
How I ended up in Weeksville, a legendary hub of economic and intellectual freedom for black people.
Black People in the US Were Enslaved Well into the 1960s
More than 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, there were black people in the Deep South who had no idea they were free. These people were forced to work, violently tortured, and raped.
How Slavery Survived in the South Long After the Civil War
VICE met up with Antoinette Harrell, a genealogist who tracks down cases of slavery and abusive labor practices that lasted into the 1960s.
Talking to Black Nerds About What This 'Black Panther' Film Means to Them
"These are African people who haven’t had their identity tarnished by colonization. This is a movie that we need."
The Woman Who Escaped Enslavement By George Washington
Despite the first president's relentless attempts to capture Oney Judge, she always managed to evade him.