free-men-women-children-richmond-va-1865-910×512

In a photo from the Library of Congress, free men, women, and children in Richmond, Va., 1865. In 1865, formerly enslaved people were promised 40 acres of land and, later, a mule. More than 150 years since then, some politicians are trying to make good on a version of that promise through reparations. Library of Congress/NYT