Outrage over plan to sell Florida golf course built in part over slaves' graves

A plan to sell a Tallahassee, Florida golf course built in part over slaves' graves has prompted outrage.

• Oct 23

U.S. comic Tim Dillon says jokes got him fired from Saudi comedy festival

American stand-up comedian Tim Dillon says he's been dropped from the Riyadh Comedy Festival bill after jokes about the country's alleged use of forced labor.

• Sep 24

Reporter's Notebook: Confronting slavery's horrors

An 1862 letter to President Abraham Lincoln offers a reminder that greatness comes from confronting, not avoiding, uncomfortable truths about America's past. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson explains.

• Aug 20
• 01:59

South Carolina statue for Black Civil War vet

Before he was a South Carolina lawmaker recognized as a champion of civil rights, Robert Smalls escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship. Eventually, he would become a top Union naval officer during the Civil War. Now, Smalls is being honored with a statue on the grounds of the South Carolina State House. Skyler Henry reports.

• Jul 31
• 02:41

Funding woes impact Juneteenth celebrations

Some groups have been forced to scale back Juneteenth celebrations after losing funding from companies and federal agencies. One of the organizations impacted is the Cooper Family Foundation, which hosts one of the largest Juneteenth celebrations in San Diego. Sidney Cooper Jr., a member of the foundation, joins CBS News to discuss the impact of the cuts.

• Jun 19
• 03:01

Ben Carson calls impeachment "very immature"

One of the longest serving members of President Trump's cabinet is revealing to CBS News the advice he gave the president on impeachment. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said he spoke with the president about not "giving up," calling the impeachment "very immature." In a wide-ranging interview with Jericka Duncan, Secretary Carson also explained why he has concerns about possible reparations for descendants of slavery.

• Dec 23, 2019
• 03:48

Charleston to get African American museum

The future International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, aims to tell a crucial part of the city's history — it was once the largest port of entry for enslaved people into the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced onto ships and brought to Charleston to be sold. The museum is being built on the spot where many of those enslaved people first stepped on shore. The city held a ground-breaking for the $100-million museum a few weeks ago. Jeff Glor reports.

• Dec 21, 2019
• 06:09

The folk art of Bill Traylor

Born into slavery around 1853 in rural Alabama, Bill Traylor worked as a sharecropper for nearly five decades after the Civil War and Emancipation. But in his 80s, without work and homeless in Montgomery, he took a new path, as an artist. Painting on scraps of paper or cardboard, Traylor's folk art told the story of African Americans in the Jim Crow era. Chip Reid reports on "Between Worlds," an exhibition of Traylor's work, and life, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.

• Apr 7, 2019
• 04:44

The Trillion Dollar Question

Morley Safer reports on the growing debate over whether the U.S. government and corporations should pay reparations to African-Americans for their unpaid labor as slaves. Some say the government owes no such debt; others believe it totals trillions of dollars.

• Apr 8, 2001
• 13:33

The Slave Ship

Scott Pelley reports on the Smithsonian and the Slave Wrecks Project's journey to recover the first artifacts known to be preserved from a slave.

• Aug 21, 2016
• 13:15

Preview: The Slave Ship

Scott Pelley reports on the Smithsonian and the Slave Wrecks Project's journey to recover the first artifacts known to be preserved from a slave ship. Watch Pelley's report on Sunday, August 21 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

• Aug 18, 2016
• 00:40

Why 60 Minutes aired disturbing photos

The reason behind the broadcast's decision to show graphic photographs of lynchings in this week's report by contributor Oprah Winfrey.

• Apr 8, 2018
• 06:07

The sculpture of slavery

The man behind the new lynching memorial in Alabama says to understand lynching, you have to understand slavery.

• Apr 8, 2018
• 01:23

Danny Glover says "racism" foundation of US

In an interview with CBS News' Major Garrett, actor and activist Danny Glover talks about the role of racism and slavery in the foundation of the United States. On "The Takeout" podcast he said that "we can chart the growth of this country, the wealth of this country" around slavery and that many Americans "have not given up the psychology around that."

• Apr 5, 2018
• 02:53

Danish slave ships wreckage found off Costa Rica coast, museum confirms

Denmark's National Museum said two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica were previously thought to have been pirate ships.

• Apr 27

Plan to make James Monroe's Virginia home a state park in limbo

Oak Hill, built by enslaved people more than 200 years ago, is the only home belonging to our earliest presidents that still remains in private hands.

• Mar 22

Michigan law school project finds slavery citations still being used today

Students at Michigan State University's law school have found that slavery is still baked into American jurisprudence.

• Mar 3

14th Amendment explained

President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship is on temporary hold after a federal judge last week called it "blatantly unconstitutional." Birthright citizenship derives from section one of the 14th Amendment. Amanda Frost, professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, joins CBS News to take a closer look at the legal battle.

• Jan 27
• 03:28

Women speak of shocking sexual violence amid Sudan's raging civil war

Sudanese women tell Human Rights Watch that RSF paramilitaries, one side in a grueling civil war, are subjecting them to horrific sexual violence.

• Dec 16, 2024

New Canadian councilors refuse to swear allegiance to King Charles

Five newly elected councilors in Dawson City, Canada, have refused to swear a mandatory oath of allegiance to Britain's King Charles III.

• Nov 8, 2024

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
• 03:20

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

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