The analysis marks the first time historical DNA has been used to trace the descendants and distant cousins of enslaved people, researchers said.
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Ex-Louisiana Trooper Acquitted of Violating Black Motorists’s Rights
The trooper beat Aaron Larry Bowman with a flashlight after a traffic stop in 2019. The case drew outrage after police body-camera footage of the encounter went public.
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It’s No Surprise That Donald Trump Is Being Charged Under a Reconstruction-Era Law
The law was designed in part to prosecute political leaders who, while in office and after, sought to cancel the votes of millions to hold power.
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Henrietta Lacks’s Family Settles with Company That Used Her Cells
Ms. Lacks’s family had accused Thermo Fisher Scientific of profiting from her cells, which have contributed to revolutionary advances in medicine, without seeking their permission.
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New Deal Exhibition Looks at Roosevelt’s Legacy
A new exhibition at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library explores the president’s “mixed” record on civil rights — and the charged debate over racism in the New Deal.