History
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Reporter Who Broke the News of The Tuskegee Experiment, Speaks Out 50 Years Later
50 years after the story broke, Jean Heller recalls what she went through to let the world know about The Tuskegee Experiment.
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![[Update] The Deed is Done: California Transfers Land Back to Black Family After 100 Years](https://assets-server.theroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29125345/db2d3f1d8c9b375d55751c9d614df6c0-300x200.jpg)
[Update] The Deed is Done: California Transfers Land Back to Black Family After 100 Years
The state’s approach to reparations may not be exclusive to monetary compensation from slavery.
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Historic First Baptist Church to Begin Excavation for Remains of Ancestors
The total of burial plots identified was 41 and only one was marked.
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Emmett Till’s Chicago Home Will Be Preserved
The home is one of 33 sites receiving funds intended to help preserve Black history
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Judge Rules That School’s Slavery Punishment Assignment Didn’t Violate Civil Rights
For Black History Month, a Wisconsin middle school asked students how they would punish a slave and a federal judge said it was fine.
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Hidden in Plain Site is a Virtual tour of Richmond’s Black past
Hidden in Plain Site shows viewers some of the important, but often overlooked sites that were significant to the slave trade in Richmond
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Non-Profit Apologizes For Its Role in the Tuskegee Experiment
The Milbank Memorial Fund has issued a formal apology to the descendants of the participants in The Tuskegee Experiment