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Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1079 in Elyria unveiled their newest program Sept. 24.

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Tulare County Parks has launched a new memorial program that will pay homage to the park’s long-time supporters, according to park officials. Tulare County Parks is kicking off the program on Tuesday at Mooney Grove Park with the first bench installation to launch the Memorial Bench Program. Officials say this […]

A Virginia Commonwealth University commission has announced two public forums as it moves to carry out a 2021 state law requiring the school to set up a scholarship program for descendents of enslaved people and to memorialize those enslaved who helped develop the campus.

This week Virginia Commonwealth University will conduct another public forum about how the Medical College of Virginia, now known as VCU, can atone for being “embedded” in slavery since its beginning in 1838. The forums follow a report which revealed the college rented, owned and sold Black people, stole bodies from Black cemeteries and experimented on Black folks without their consent.

* To read Part 1 of the Reuters series, Slavery's Descendants: America's Family Secret, click here June 27 (Reuters) - The idea of paying reparations or making other amends for slavery and discrim...