Letter to the editor: Union soldiers drilled on Colonels' fields
Perhaps Brattleboro teams would have better luck there if they left the Lost Cause name behind.
Source: vtdigger.org
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Letter to the editor: William Brattle was a prominent slaveholder
This whitewashing of New Englands racist history leaves us ill-prepared to reckon with its legacy of institutional and systemic racism today.
Brattleboro Union High School United States Harvard University Fhar Miess Robert Wickberg William Brattle
Source: vtdigger.org
Letter to the editor: 'New Englander' does not preclude slave owner
“Massachusetts-born and raised” in no way precludes him from being a slave owner.
Source: vtdigger.org
Letter to the Editor: Correcting a false correction
It is particularly important to correct this error as the recent letter to the editor was framed as a correction to a VTDigger article about Vermont school mascots.
Source: vtdigger.org
In Photos: Black History at Harvard | Multimedia
In Photos: Black History at Harvard | Multimedia | The Harvard Crimson
Source: thecrimson.com
Cambridge exhibit a reminder of slavery's history in Massachusetts
Slavery in Armerica was not exclusive to the South: It occurred in the North, too, and a History Cambridge installation reminds people of this fact.
Source: wickedlocal.com
Harvard Announces $100 Million Plan to Make up for Slavery Links
Harvard University released a report giving details of its links to slavery and said it would create a fund to study them make up for the past.
Source: voanews.com
The major findings of Harvard's report on its ties to slavery
The university has committed $100 million, to create an endowed fund to “redress” past wrongs. Read more at Boston.com.
Source: boston.com
The Major Findings of Harvard's Report on Its Ties to Slavery
Harvard University issued a 130-page report investigating its ties to slavery, and its legacy. Here are the key findings.
Source: nytimes.com
How Cities in the American North Can Reckon with Their Monuments
There are no statues honoring the Confederacy to be found in Boston or Cambridge, but there are plenty of historic memorials that obscure the achievements of Black Americans.
Source: newyorker.com