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Harvard's right to photos of enslaved people now being weighed by Massachusetts' highest court

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Harvard University currently owns pre-Civil War photographs of two enslaved people — and a woman who says she is a descendent of the two has sued. The case is now being weighed by Massachusetts' highest court.

Host Callum Borchers speaks with WBUR's Max Larkin about the legal questions.

This segment aired on November 17, 2021.

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