Manager sentenced to 10 years for enslaving black employee

Prosecutors said Bobby Paul Edwards used violence, threats, isolation and intimidation to force the employee to work for more than 100 hours a week without pay

• Nov 8, 2019

Students push Georgetown for action on slavery reparations

Students voted in favor of a fee to benefit descendants of slaves once sold by the school – but say progress is lacking

• Oct 3, 2019

Meet descendants of what may be America's first African family

"This is where we belong because our people helped to make America what it is"

• Aug 23, 2019

Man caught with guns and extremist material after car accident in N.J.

Authorities in New Jersey found more than a dozen guns, a grenade launcher and items with white supremacist symbols

• Aug 21, 2019

Owning slaves doesn't make person racist, says New Hampshire lawmaker

Renewed discussions of racism in America have emerged in light of the president's recent tweets and North Carolina rally, where Trump supporters chanted, "Send her home" about Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar

• Jul 19, 2019

Schumer announces support for bill on reparations

The legislation would create a commission to study implementing reparations for the descendants of slaves

• Jul 16, 2019

Sheila Jackson Lee talks about what a reparations commission would do

Commission would explore the government's role in supporting slavery, the lingering effects of slavery and appropriate remedies, the congresswoman told CBSN

• Jul 10, 2019

Scores killed as airstrike hits migrant detention center in Libya

Europe has helped stopped thousands of migrants setting off from North African nation, leaving them in squalid detention centers caught in cross-fire of a chaotic fight for power

• Jul 3, 2019

Nike "Betsy Ross" sneakers sell for $2,500 on StockX

Shoe was pulled from stores after Colin Kaepernick reportedly objected to 18th century flag design from slavery era

• Jul 2, 2019

House confronts the "inheritance of slavery" in panel on reparations

Witnesses at the hearing include Sen. Cory Booker, one of the Democratic presidential candidates, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover

• Jun 19, 2019

Teacher allegedly made black students act as slaves in mock auction

Fourth-grade teacher on administrative leave after being accused of having white students bid on black classmates during a mock slave auction

• May 31, 2019

Inside the discovery of the last known slave ship

Ben Raines began his search for the Clotilda using historical documents, including the captain's journal

• May 30, 2019

Harriet Tubman $20 bill won't happen under Trump administration

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said a redesign of the bill's security features will still come out in 2020

• May 23, 2019

Wreckage of last known ship to bring slaves to America is found

The Clotilda sailed for less than half a year in 1860 but illegally transported 110 enslaved people from Benin, Africa to Mobile, Alabama

• May 23, 2019

Ta-Nehisi Coates is "shocked" we're still talking about reparations

In his landmark 2014 essay, "The Case For Reparations," Coates​ pushed the issue into a larger, national discussion that continues today

• May 1, 2019

Ancestry.com apologizes and deletes ad after slavery backlash

The ad appeared to show a white man trying to convince a black woman in what appears to be the slave-owning South to head north with him to get married

• Apr 18, 2019

Georgetown students approved a fee for slavery reparations. What happens next?

"Now the ball is in the university's court," said senior Kendell Long

• Apr 13, 2019

Georgetown students vote for reparations

Georgetown University once owned slaves. Now students there have voted to pay money to the descendants of those slaves. Chip Reid reports.

• Apr 12, 2019
• 2:04

Georgetown students hope slavery reparations vote sets "precedent"

But opponents argue the effort to unchain Georgetown's past takes liberty from today's students

• Apr 12, 2019

Georgetown undergrads back fee to fund slavery reparations

Vote in favor of non-binding referendum calling for fund to help descendants of enslaved people sold to pay off the school's debts in 1838

• Apr 12, 2019

Students look to fund slavery reparation

Students at Georgetown University are holding a referendum on whether to impose a small fee each semester to fund reparations for the descendants of slaves. The university has been grappling with its role in slavery in the 1800s. Georgetown student Mélisande Short-Colomb joins CBSN to discuss the issue.

• Apr 11, 2019
• 6:07

Georgetown students to vote on slavery reparations fund

Students will vote on adding a $27.20 fee each semester that would support descendants of slaves sold by the school

• Apr 10, 2019

Libya at risk of descending (back) into civil war

An assault on United Nations-backed government by rival force has sparked concerns the tinderbox North African nation could blow up

• Apr 5, 2019

Charlamagne tha God on slavery reparations

"The Breakfast Club" radio host spoke with CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers on the topic of reparations for descendants of slaves living in America today. He says it's not about handing out checks, it's about acknowledging past wrongs, and he wants to hear presidential candidates explain where they stand.

• Mar 21, 2019
• 3:13

Harvard accused of profiting from pre-Civil War slave photos

Descendant of slave forced to sit for photographs meant to advance racist theory wants school to return the images

• Mar 20, 2019

Show More