Senator Tom Cotton under fire for comment about slavery

Cotton made the remark while discussing a bill that would reduce federal funding to schools that teach The New York Times' 1619 Project.

• Jul 27, 2020

The antidemocratic reality of the Confederacy

The House is preparing to vote on removing Confederate statues from Capitol buildings, as the country grapples with monuments in local public spaces. Columbia University history professor Stephanie McCurry joined CBSN to discuss how the history of the Confederacy was rewritten over the years to obscure its oppressive and antidemocratic reality.

• Jul 22, 2020
• 16:43

Protests for George Floyd prompt new discussions for reparations

As the U.S. continues to reckon with the repercussions of systemic racism, many protesters are calling for a renews discussion for reparations to descendants of enslaved African-Americans. Duke University Public Policy and African-American studies professor William Darity Jr. has studied reparations for over 30 years. He joined CBSN to explain why the wealth gap between Black and White Americans is growing and why reparations are the solution to closing it.

• Jul 17, 2020
• 19:00

In historic vote, North Carolina city backs reparations

Officials in Asheville have apologized for its historic role in slavery and discrimination and voted to provide reparations.

• Jul 16, 2020

How we teach about slavery in school

As protests continue around the country calling for an end to racial and social inequalities, there's a new focus on how slavery and the Civil War are taught in schools. Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, a CBS News contributor and author of “Stamped from the Beginning,” joined CBSN to discuss.

• Jul 13, 2020
• 13:06

Country group Lady A sues blues singer Lady A

In June, the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum announced it would change its name to Lady A to remove any association with slavery. But weeks after appearing to reach an agreement with Seattle-based blues singer Anita White, who'd been using the name Lady A for years, the country group announced it is suing her. CBSN Los Angeles has details.

• Jul 9, 2020
• 00:32

Frederick Douglass' admonition on the moral rightness of liberty for all

The abolitionist orator's 1852 speech "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" was both a condemnation of the nation's hypocrisy and praise for America's promise

• Jul 5, 2020

Aretha Franklin’s “Never Gonna Break My Faith”

Among the new songs recently released to honor the Juneteenth holiday – commemorating the end of slavery in America – is a never-before-released solo recording of “Never Gonna Break My Faith” by the late Aretha Franklin. “Sunday Morning” producer Sara Kugel talks with legendary music exec Clive Davis about the importance of the song, and of Franklin’s thrilling rendition, to today’s social justice movement.

• Jun 24, 2020
• 04:41

Mississippi moves to vote on changing state flag

Mississippi lawmakers are considering erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag. Mississippi is the last state to have a flag that includes the emblem.

• Jun 27, 2020
• 00:17

Understanding Juneteenth's significance

This year's celebration of Juneteenth comes as the country faces growing calls to address long-standing systemic racism. CBS News special correspondent James Brown joined CBSN explain the significance of this day and why it's seeing more widespread recognition.

• Jun 19, 2020
• 08:29

HBO is bringing back "Gone with the Wind"

HBO Max removed the Civil War drama from its streaming platform two weeks ago amid criticism over the film's depictions of slavery and racism.

• Jun 24, 2020

Rhode Island moves to change name due to slavery connotations

The current official state name is "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."

• Jun 24, 2020

Face The Nation: Scott Gottlieb, Jide Zeitlin, Jamelle Bouie

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on coronavirus, Juneteenth and racial turmoil

• Jun 21, 2020
• 23:09

U.K. faces historical reckoning with colonial past

As protesters march in London for the fourth consecutive weekend, the country is reckoning with its colonial past of profiting from slavery. Roxana Saberi reports.

• Jun 20, 2020
• 02:18

Juneteenth: Story behind 155-year-old holiday

On June 19, 1865, 155 years ago Friday, the last group of slaves in the United States were freed. Their freedom was bittersweet -- it came two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863. CBS News special correspondent James Brown shares the story of the day that became known as Juneteenth.

• Jun 19, 2020
• 06:20

What is Juneteenth?

On June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, received news that they were free. Now, people across the nation observe the holiday 155 years later.

• Jun 18, 2020
• 02:15

Lady Antebellum keeping new name despite speaking with singer Lady A

"I was furious because it felt like yet another white person's privilege was going to be allowed to take something from another black person," singer Lady A told CBS News.

• Jun 16, 2020

Lady Antebellum's new name is already taken by a black singer

"They're using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time. If it mattered, it would have mattered to them before," said Anita White, who has long been known as Lady A.

• Jun 12, 2020

Clemson removes John C. Calhoun's name from honors college

Calhoun was a slave owner and owned a plantation on where the campus stands today.

• Jun 12, 2020

U.K. slave trader statue fished from harbor amid monument debates

Likeness of Edward Colston will be relocated, but not stripped of the scars of protest, as officials change plan to move statue of Scouts founder Robert Baden-Powell.

• Jun 11, 2020

Australian PM wants protesters charged, claims country had no slavery

As leader Scott Morrison says anti-racism protesters show "great disrespect" amid a pandemic, far-right senator says she's "disgusted" by BLM demonstrations.

• Jun 11, 2020

Protests and the roots of racism in the U.S.

Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times Magazine won a Pulitzer Prize for her work as the creator of "The 1619 Project," which explored the legacy of slavery in the United States. She joined CBSN to discuss why that history is critical to understanding the protests that have spread across the country since the death of George Floyd in police custody last week.

• Jun 2, 2020
• 16:53

How police brutality has roots in slavery

Nationwide protests over police brutality have roots in America's history of racism and slavery. New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones says the history of policing that evolved from slave patrols has led to today's police brutality. Hannah-Jones joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how black Americans are protesting for democracy, not just for themselves, but for all Americans.

• Jun 2, 2020
• 05:12

Ta-Nehisi Coates "shocked" by reparations convo

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates pushed the issue of payments to descendants of slaves into the national discussion with his landmark 2014 essay, “The Case for Reparations.” That conversation continues today in institutions across the country, and Democratic presidential candidates are also raising the issue. Coates joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why reparations are a generational struggle and the importance of the H.R.40 bill that would study reparation proposals.

• May 1, 2019
• 04:52

Last known slave ship to arrive in U.S. found

Researchers have located the wreck of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States. Remains of the Gulf schooner Clotilda were identified and verified near Mobile after months of assessment, a statement by the Alabama Historical Commission said.

• May 23, 2019
• 00:44

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