CT woman's suit against Harvard over images of enslaved ancestors dismissed
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FILE - In this July 17, 2018, photo, Tamara Lanier holds an 1850 photograph at her home in Norwich, Conn., of a South Carolina slave named Renty, who Lanier said is her family's patriarch. The portrait was commissioned by Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz, whose ideas were used to support the enslavement of Africans in the United States. In March 2019, Lanier filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts state court demanding that Harvard turn over the photo and pay damages. In March 2021, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge dismissed the suit. (John Shishmanian/The Norwich Bulletin via AP, File)John Shishmanian / Associated Press