The daguerreotypes, an early photographic process, were taken to support “polygenism,” which falsely states that ...

A legal battle between Harvard and a woman who says two slave portraits are of her ancestors will end in a settlement, with ...

Harvard University will transfer photos of enslaved people to a S.C. museum after legal challenges from a woman who believes ...

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

Harvard University has settled a lawsuit by agreeing to relinquish ownership of 1850 photos of an enslaved father and ...

BOSTON (AP) — A Connecticut woman who says she’s descended from slaves portrayed in widely-published, historical photos owned by Harvard can sue the Ivy League university for emotional ...

The images depict Renty Taylor and his daughter Delia, slaves on a South Carolina plantation who were forced to disrobe for photos taken for a racist study by Harvard Professor Louis Agassiz.

Tamara Lanier attends a news conference near the Harvard Club Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in New York. Lanier, who says she's descended from slaves portrayed in widely-published, historical photos ...