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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.
Harvard University will relinquish ownership of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people as part of a historic legal ...
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There's an ongoing attempt to erase knowledge of these atrocities and pretend as if they were just figments of Black folks’ ...
A picture is worth 1,000 words, and in the case of two enslaved African Americans, their portraits set off a historic chain ...
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Tamara Lanier who, following a six-year legal battle with Harvard University, won the ownership to images of her enslaved descendants.
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 ...
Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South ...
Harvard University will transfer photos of enslaved people to a S.C. museum after legal challenges from a woman who believes she is a descendant ...
A Norwich woman is claiming victory Thursday night after Harvard agrees to relinquish possession of early photographs of ...