Harvard University agreed to give up ownership of two portraits of enslaved people, ending a six-year legal fight with a woman who says she’s their descendant, The New York Times reported.

A key question of the case was whether Harvard could legally be allowed to continue owning dehumanizing images of enslaved people who couldn’t consent to taking part.

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a Lowcountry museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with ...

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South ...

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