She campaigned for a formal apology and reparations from Japan for what it did to thousands of women like her, mostly Korean, ...
Although “I Am Nobody’s Slave” takes the form of a memoir, Minnesota native Lee Hawkins’ book becomes something bigger: an ...
Born in Japanese-occupied Korea, she was among the last surviving “comfort women” forced into sexual servitude for Japanese ...
Out of the seven ‘Founding Fathers,’ only John Adams and Samuel Adams didn’t own slaves. Both men were Northerners. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington hailed from Virginia and considered slavery ...
The members of Govans took a step on that journey at a worship service last weekend when they celebrated the unveiling of a ...
The Christian college is building a memorial to enslaved people, despite a national backlash against diversity initiatives.
African leaders meeting in Ethiopia this weekend are to launch a new push for slavery and colonial reparations, but can ...
Those migrating overseas, often at significant cost to themselves, “gamble” on improving their living conditions but become ...
Slavery lasted for approximately 246 years from 1619 to 1865. In addition to that, there were 12 years of Reconstruction and ...
A museum is changing its exhibits to reflect a town's "glossed over" connections to slavery. The Rum Story in Whitehaven ...
Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations ...