History
History
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A Historic School Building Once Serving Chelsea’s Black Students is One Step Closer to Landmark Status
The struggle to preserve more than just buildings representative of Black oppression is constant. What about those that symbolize our agency?
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![[Update] The Deed is Done: California Transfers Land Back to Black Family After 100 Years](https://www.theroot.kinjastaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/db2d3f1d8c9b375d55751c9d614df6c0-300x200.jpg)
[Update] The Deed is Done: California Transfers Land Back to Black Family After 100 Years
The state’s approach to reparations may not be exclusive to monetary compensation from slavery.
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Historic First Baptist Church to Begin Excavation for Remains of Ancestors
The total of burial plots identified was 41 and only one was marked.
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Emmett Till’s Chicago Home Will Be Preserved
The home is one of 33 sites receiving funds intended to help preserve Black history
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Judge Rules That School’s Slavery Punishment Assignment Didn’t Violate Civil Rights
For Black History Month, a Wisconsin middle school asked students how they would punish a slave and a federal judge said it was fine.
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Hidden in Plain Site is a Virtual tour of Richmond’s Black past
Hidden in Plain Site shows viewers some of the important, but often overlooked sites that were significant to the slave trade in Richmond
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Rhode Island Town Makes Scholarship Fund To Atone For Its Role In Slavery
Jamestown also plans on flying the Juneteenth Flag from June 19 to July 5.
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Non-Profit Apologizes For Its Role in the Tuskegee Experiment
The Milbank Memorial Fund has issued a formal apology to the descendants of the participants in The Tuskegee Experiment
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Site of First Black Power Conference to be Demolished
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center plans to use the lot for parking and a loading bay.
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Leaked Report Shows That Harvard Has 7,000 Remains of Native Americans, And 19 Enslaved People
While many American universities attempt to reconcile their history with slavery, more information continues to surface.