Harvard Profits From Photos Of Slaves, Lawsuit Claims
The enslaved man’s name was Renty.
His image adorns the cover of a Harvard publication that the university sells for $40.
Tamara Lanier says “Papa Renty” is the patriarch of her family.
And in a lawsuit filed Wednesday, she says Harvard is using those photos without permission —
and in so doing, profiting from photos taken by a racist professor determined to prove the inferiority of black people.
NPR
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/21/705382289/harvard-profits-from-photos-of-slaves-lawsuit-claims?
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