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Harvard agrees to transfer early photos of enslaved people to African American museum

University settles with Tamara Lanier, who says she is descendent of people featured in 175-year-old images

The Guardian - US · May 29, 2025

The Swiss mountain with a racist name – and the artist fighting to rechristen it

Agassizhorn is an alp in Switzerland named after a notorious scientist. Sasha Huber explains why she flew to the summit by helicopter and rechristened it Rentyhorn – in honour of an enslaved man

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022

Court: Harvard can be sued for distress over slave photos

A Connecticut woman who says she's descended from slaves shown in widely published, historical photos owned by Harvard University can sue the school for emotional distress

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022