These images are among the oldest known photographs of enslaved people in America. Tamara Lanier’s fight to gain control of them shows there is no clear system in place to repatriate remains of captive Africans or objects associated with them. The images are available at: https://tinyurl.com/3vwnhc4p. Background information about these photographs is available at: https://tinyurl.com/2s45w3bw.
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Photographs of African-Americans in Slavery
These images are among the oldest known photographs of enslaved people in America. Tamara Lanier’s fight to gain control of them shows there is no clear system in place to repatriate remains of captive Africans or objects associated with them. The images are available at: https://tinyurl.com/3vwnhc4p. Background information about these photographs is available at: https://tinyurl.com/2s45w3bw.
Boston Philanthropists Launch New Effort to Ship Floridians ‘Banned Books’
Boston-based philanthropists are coming together to help get banned books in the hands of Florida residents, where efforts to ban books has surged. Tech entrepreneur Paul English, who co-founded Kayak, and Joyce Linehan, former chief of policy for the City of Boston and member of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, have founded BannedBooksUSA.org, an online …