A photo shows colorful cotton field (Photo by Yasin Dikme/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) *A white teacher in Rochester has been placed on leave after his slavery lesson had his class of ...

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This stereograph card depicts several figures picking cotton in a field. Wearing dark clothing, they bend over to ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A longtime assistant commissioner has been fired from the FDNY after posting a video to social media that some — including Mayor Eric Adams — perceived as racist. The video shows ...

Serena Williams spoke out about a cotton plant decoration in a New York City hotel, saying it "doesn't feel great" to see Williams examined the material from the decoration and made an uncomfortable ...