Sharpton, Thurmond linked by slavery
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Prominent black activist Al Sharpton has learned he is descended from a slave who was owned by ancestors of the one-time segregationist U.S. senator, the late Strom Thurmond, the Daily News reported on Sunday.
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Recent research at the Schomburg Center about African-American migration could redefine black history.
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In Maryland, the Wye House plantation offers a time capsule to archaeologists reconstructing the culture of slavery in America.
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The Rev. Al Sharpton traveled Monday to Strom Thurmond's birthplace to visit the grave of a Thurmond relative who held one of Sharpton's ancestors as a slave.
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The Rev. Al Sharpton led a rally Saturday to protest the conviction of a black man in the fatal shooting of a white teenager on Long Island, saying the prosecution of the case was unjust.
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Advocates who say black Americans should be compensated for slavery and its Jim Crow aftermath are quietly chalking up victories and gaining momentum.
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NEW DELHI -- It has been called essential reading for every Indian child, a lively illustrated storybook aimed at raising youthful awareness of the injustices of the country's caste system, much as "Uncle Tom's Cabin" exposed the indignities of slavery to white America.
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The retrial of a 1964 case evokes echoes of a racist past in a much-changed South.
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Child workers have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery.
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CINCINNATI -- A newly opened Cincinnati museum portraying the horrors of American slavery has generated criticism and stoked friction that persists three years after race riots tore through the Ohio city.
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Marchers for the 'Jena 6' cite unequal treatment of blacks. Others say poverty plays as much of a role in any inequity.
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The UN is leading a day of global events to mark the abolition of slavery and to highlight continuing abuses.
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When more than 400 slaves were reburied last year at a site unearthed by construction workers in lower Manhattan, the occasion was marked by singing, dancing &#151; and promises for an elaborate memorial. Today, the site is marked by only one small sign.
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Over more than three centuries, more than 12 million Africans were loaded on ships, bound for the Americas to be slaves.
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Marchers wearing yokes and chains set off Thursday on a 250-mile trek to London to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade. The northeastern port city of Hull was the home of William Wilberforce, who led a 20-year campaign in Parliament to abolish the trade &#151; a goal achieved on March 25, 1807.
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By Bonnie Henry, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 18--What were the odds? Their father, the sole breadwinner of the family, had just been killed in a horrific accident. Their mother was pregnant with her fourth child.   And they were black, living in a Jim Crow America.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. -- It will be different in November, when he makes the 90-mile journey east back to Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tougher, too. More difficult to control the emotions that he has kept in check for so long, since last December when opportunity and availability finally converged, making him a historic figure.