Norwich, CT resident Tamara Lanier believes she is the descendant of two enslaved people鈥擱enty and his daughter, Delia. They were photographed in 1850 for Harvard professor Louis Agassiz, as part of his research to advance the racist theory that Africans had different origins from Europeans. , and has sued Harvard for 鈥渨rongful seizure, possession and expropriation鈥� of them.
More than 40 descendants of Louis Agassiz and have written asking the university to relinquish the photos.
This hour, Lanier shares her story with us.
And we talk to historian and professor from Georgetown University, Marcia Chatelain, about how American universities are confronting their legacies of slavery.
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Chion Wolf, Cat Pastor, and Carmen Baskauf contributed to this show, .
NOTE: On Tuesday, March 2 2021, a Massachusetts Superior Court Judge dismissed Tamara Lanier's lawsuit against Harvard University. .
