Those seeking irrefutable proof of the power of an image should look no further than the yearslong, highly publicized dispute over a selection of 1850 daguerreotypes of enslaved Southerners.

California's AB7 bill proposes giving college admissions preference to descendants of U.S. slaves, aiming to address ...

Harvard University will relinquish ownership of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people as part of a historic legal ...

To a South Carolina museum, in a long-awaited legal battle conclusion, Harvard will give up a collection containing 175-year-old photos of Black slaves in the U.S. South. These are the earliest ...

A picture is worth 1,000 words, and in the case of two enslaved African Americans, their portraits set off a historic chain ...

Stretching 3 miles from the Mississippi River to City Park, Esplanade Avenue is today a leafy thoroughfare lined with ...

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South ...

The settlement comes after a 15 year legal battle between the university and a Connecticut woman who claims she is a ...

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 ...

Harvard University has agreed to turn over 175-year-old photographs of enslaved people to a museum in South Carolina, ending ...