The Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery was established in 2007 with the adoption of General Assembly resolution 62/122. The Programme raises awareness of the history ...
The National Museum of Slavery, a long-awaited project by descendants of African communities from the Netherlands’ former ...
Mr. Shorto is the author of “The Island at the Center of the World” and curator of the exhibit “New York Before New York,” at the New-York Historical Society. This spring is the 400th ...
As Jews worldwide gather around the Seder table this week for Passover, recounting the biblical story of the Israelites’ ...
GENEVA, April 19 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for people of African descent at a U.N. meeting on Friday, adding his ...
April 16 (Reuters) - A United Nations forum on people of African descent opened on Tuesday with calls for extra funding to support its work and progress towards reparations for transatlantic ...
“What we hope to do in the exhibit is give our audience a chance to explore the subject a little deeper,” said Robert Hancock, director of collections and senior curator. “It’s a ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Back in February, Yale University apologized for the school’s connections to slavery. Yale’s president released a statement saying it recognized the university’s ...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for slavery reparations over the transatlantic slave trade, which deprived enslaved people of “education, healthcare, opportunity and ...