Harvard Can Keep Slave Photos, Court Says In 'Unjust' Ruling

By Chris Villani (June 23, 2022, 12:44 PM EDT) -- Massachusetts' top appellate court on Thursday found that Harvard University does not legally have to hand over pictures of slaves taken for a racist 1850 study to the subjects' descendant, but it called the result "unjust" and said the school could be sued for the way it treated the plaintiff....

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