5/15/2022: Bellingcat, Sharswood

How Bellingcat is using social media to track alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine; Man unknowingly buys former plantation house where his ancestors were enslaved

• May 15, 2022
• 43:13

Victims of modern slavery forced to work in U.K. McDonald's, BBC finds

Two Czech brothers allegedly ran a gang that forced 16 people into modern slavery, working at a McDonald's and other businesses in the U.K.

• Sep 30, 2024

Genealogist remembered for work uncovering Black Americans' family histories

Frazine Taylor spent decades as an archivist, helping to piece together families histories often shattered by systemic racism.

• Sep 12, 2024

Genealogist traced thousands of family trees

Genealogist Frazine Taylor of Montgomery, Alabama, made it her life's work to help African American families piece together their history, sifting through records where humans are identified only by numbers, names are misspelled and racially segregated records leave holes in family trees. James Brown pays tribute to her extraordinary accomplishments.

• Sep 12, 2024
• 3:20

Last known U.S. slave ship should stay underwater, experts say

The report says that the "responsible" way to memorialize the Clotilda is to protect it under the water where it was discovered in 2019.

• Aug 12, 2024

Residents remember Underground Railroad stops in the Bronx

You might now be able to see the stops, but Bronx residents say they've been walking on the history for hundreds of years.

• Jun 20, 2024

Debate over reparations in U.S.

As the U.S. celebrates Juneteenth, there is still disagreement over proposals for reparations for African Americans following generations of systematic injustice at the hands of local and federal institutions. Justin Hansford, a commissioner for the National African American Reparations Commission and law professor at Howard University, joined CBS News to discuss.

• Jun 19, 2024
• 6:34

How communities are celebrating Juneteenth

Across the U.S., celebrations have been taking place for Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. The day marks when the last enslaved people learned they were freed in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Alana Wise, a race and identity reporter for NPR, joined CBS News to discuss the holiday.

• Jun 19, 2024
• 3:49

The story of Timbuctoo, home for free Black Americans decades before Juneteenth

Decades before Juneteenth, free Black Americans thrived in the South Jersey community of Timbuctoo. Meet the native son trying to preserve its history.

• Jun 12, 2024

An Alabama sculpture park evokes the painful history of slavery

In Montgomery, the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park – 17 acres filled with nearly 50 sculptures by world-famous artists – evokes the history and repercussions of slavery in America.

• Mar 18, 2024

Haley deals with fallout of Civil War remarks

Nikki Haley hosted several events in Iowa on Friday after a tumultuous trip to New Hampshire where she had to clarify her remarks on slavery and its role in causing the American Civil War. CBS News campaign reporter Nidia Cavazos has the latest from the Hawkeye State.

• Dec 29, 2023
• 3:25

Nikki Haley walks back Civil War comments

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is facing backlash after she was asked on Wednesday what caused the Civil War and failed to include slavery in her answer, instead saying the conflict was about state's rights. On Thursday, she attempted to walk back the comments, saying that slavery was an "unquestioned" aspect of the Civil War. Her words come just weeks before the first presidential primary. Christina Ruffini reports from Washington, D.C.

• Dec 29, 2023
• 2:21

A tumultuous last 2023 swing through New Hampshire for Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley is walking back comments she made about the Civil War on Wednesday as the campaign year comes to an end.

• Dec 29, 2023

Haley's Civil War comments spark reactions

Republican presidential candidates are reacting to former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley avoiding talking about slavery when a voter asked Wednesday what she thought was the cause of the Civil War. CBS News campaign reporter Nidia Cavazos reports from New Hampshire.

• Dec 28, 2023
• 5:24

Nikki Haley defends leaving slavery out as cause of Civil War after backlash

When the New Hampshire voter asked Nikki Haley on why she wasn't mentioning slavery in her response, she asked, "What do you want me to say about slavery?"

• Dec 28, 2023

Could Haley's Civil War remarks cost her?

2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is backtracking her comments that did not mention slavery as a cause of the Civil War. Political strategists Terry Sullivan and Joel Payne join CBS News to examine the impact this could have on her campaign.

• Dec 28, 2023
• 8:15

Haley criticized over Civil War comments

Nikki Haley's 2024 competitors are criticizing her for omitting the role of slavery in causing the Civil War. CBS News' Nicole Sganga has the latest on the state of the race for the White House.

• Dec 28, 2023
• 1:51

What modern-day U.S. can learn from Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln worked with those who hated him and violently disagreed with him. But how exactly did he do it? NPR's Steve Inskeep joins CBS News to discuss his new book about the former president -- and the lessons Americans can learn to navigate political divisions.

• Dec 21, 2023
• 5:50

Hochul signs legislation to create slavery reparations commission

Hochul said she knows many New York residents do not support it, but added it had to be signed.

• Dec 19, 2023

Africatown | Sunday on 60 Minutes

Anderson Cooper returns to Africatown to witness a historic meeting between the descendants of the enslaved Africans and the descendants of Timothy Meaher, the man who commissioned the Clotilda. Africatown is a community founded by the formerly enslaved men and women brought to Alabama on the Clotilda slave ship in 1860.

• Nov 16, 2023
• 1:02

King Charles to acknowledge "painful" past on symbolic visit to Kenya

Visiting Kenya, the U.K.'s King Charles III will acknowledge "painful aspects" of a shared history that includes the brutal repression of an independence movement.

• Oct 31, 2023

Inside an AP African American Studies course

The AP African American Studies course has drawn fire from some Republicans, who have called it an example of "woke-ism" infiltrating education, but students in the course say it shouldn't be considered controversial. CBS News contributor Lisa Ling discusses her reporting on what may be the most controversial high school class in America.

• Oct 10, 2023
• 4:07

How indigo brings together South Carolina's past and present

Indigo dye's beautiful color comes shrouded by an ugly history of slavery.

• Sep 14, 2023

Citigroup admits its predecessors likely benefited from slavery

Researchers found that the third-largest U.S. bank profited from financial connections to people involved in the slave trade.

• Jul 28, 2023

Tim Scott rebukes DeSantis over Florida's Black history curriculum

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies have been defending the state's controversial new Black history teaching standard, which includes instruction on how "slaves developed skills" that "could be applied for their personal benefit."

• Jul 28, 2023

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