News
-2024-
World’s Turned Upside Down Podcast
Featured in Episode 9: The Sugar
VCU Magazine
-2023-
Washington Post
A crown branded onto bodies links British monarchy to slave trade
Jamaica Gleaner
Reparations groups’ sidestep of British Gov’t could be ace move
The Guardian
Caribbean nations set to demand royal family makes reparations for slave trade
Library of Congress
Brooke Newman will be serving as an advisor for an exhibition on George Washington and King George III scheduled to open at the Library of Congress in March 2025: “The Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution.”
American Philosophical Society
Announcing the 2023-2024 fellows
MacDowell
MacDowell awards spring-summer fellowships to 142 artists
The Guardian, Cost of the Crown Investigation
· King Charles signals first explicit support for research into monarchy’s slavery ties
· The British kings and queens who profited from slavery
· The Colston Connection: How Prince William’s Kensington Palace home is linked to slavery
· The British monarchy’s ties to slavery are writ large in the archives
The Guardian, Cost of the Crown Podcast
The hidden history of the monarchy and slavery
New York Times
As a king is crowned, some Britons ask why the monarchy persists
New York Times
Here’s what to know about “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”
Vox’s Today, Explained Podcast
Charles in charge
Time
King Charles’ ancestors owned slaves
Al Jazeera
The royal family’s dirty secret
Vanity Fair
King Charles supports research into links between the monarchy and slavery
CTV News
The coronation of King Charles III reopens old wounds over slavery and colonialism
CTV
King Charles III coronation special
PRI’s The World
King Charles expresses his support to investigate royal ties to slavery
Jamaica Gleaner
Let’s hope the palace’s greenlight to slavery research is not just lip service
Reuters
King Charles backs research into monarchy’s slave links
The Telegraph
The royal family’s links to the slave trade—and the rocky road to reparation
The Week
Slavery and the monarchy: time for a royal reckoning?
Sydney Morning Herald
“Profoundly serious:” King Charles backs probe into monarchy’s slave ties
WTVR
VCU professor discovered key research that ties the royal family to the slave trade
WTVR
Researcher reveals the extent of the British crown’s ties to the slave trade
Black Enterprise
King Charles III supports research into British monarchy’s involvement in slavery
Surviving Society, The Global Power of the British Monarchy Podcast
Colonialism, Slavery, and Secrecy
Vulgar History Podcast
Queen Charlotte and Race
-2022-
HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Monarchy
Vox’s Now This
How the Monarchy can begin to Answer for its Legacy of Colonialism
NPR’s Press Play
Slavery Legacy: Will former British colonies fully break with the monarchy?
Richmond Times Dispatch
Britain’s royal family, like the U.S., needs to atone for slavery
Smithsonian Magazine
Elizabeth II was an enduring emblem of the waning British Empire
Vox
How King Charles III might rule
Time
The Future of the British Monarchy is More Uncertain than Ever
Los Angeles Times
The enduring power of the British royal family
The Special Report with Areva Martin
The real story of the British monarchy
Sky News Documentary
The Royal Family’s Links to Slavery, Colonialism and Race
Human Resources Podcast
Royally Flush—a two-part episode.