A US Congressman, his enslaved half-brothers and the history of an Austin log farmstead
Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...
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DRC: History is repeating itself in Lubumbashi as the world scrambles for minerals to go green
LUBUMBASHI is a city in the mineral-rich Katanga region in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Many people might not have heard of it, but Lubumbashi and its surrounding region have ...
New report exposes hidden child labor in Bangladesh's garment factories, urging action
A new report from the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab and GoodWeave International highlights the risk of modern slavery ...
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Carrie Steele: ‘Mother of Orphans’Carrie Steele: ‘Mother of Orphans’
In 1888, struck by the number of orphans she was continuing to find around Atlanta, she founded the Carrie Steele Orphans Home.
Photos of nude children at Fort Worth museum raise uncomfortable questions
The conflict over photos of nude children at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth shows how coarse our culture has become, and ...