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California state Senate passes 3 reparations bills after apologizing for slavery: 'Debt that's owed'
Fox News via Yahoo News· 7 hours ago"It is undeniable that our systems of government have been complicit in the oppression of African ...
Activists call to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge because he owned slave people
NPR· 10 hours agoSnowden, welcoming the crowd of about 60 people. Snowden is a civil rights activist who heads CAAL....
Providence Preservation Society halts sale of historic building
NBC 10 Providence· 15 hours agoThe society said they will be investigating its potential ties to slavery. While reviewing a...
The history of Milwaukee's Juneteenth flag
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoMilwaukee’s annual Juneteenth celebration is one of the country’s oldest. The red, white and blue flag is one of our 100 objects that make Milwaukee.
Beck: Congress should learn from the 1924 Immigration Act
Detroit News· 7 hours agoExactly 100 years ago this May, Congress passed a bill that allowed millions of Black Americans to...
SC church to unveil Harriet Tubman sculpture commemorating raid freeing 700 slaves
Florida Phoenix via Yahoo News· 6 days agoQuality Journalism for Critical Times A historic Black church in Beaufort, South Carolina will...
Mary McLeod Bethune and education
Arizona Daily Sun· 7 days agoEducator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune died at the age of 80 on May 18, 1955, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Born in Mayesville, South Carolina,...
Yancey Crane Cemetery historical marker dedication ceremony, marker placement June 6
WPMI NBC 15· 22 hours agoThe historical marker pays tribute to many African-American and white Daphne settlers whose burials...
Letters for May 22, 2024
The Spokesman-Review· 2 days agoLet’s hope Anthony Meyers’ “funny” remarks will not be the high-water mark in his young life. There he will uncover the origin of the Black race in America. Let’s hope no one will need to shout ...
Boston grassroots group holds public meeting to discuss reparations
WCVB Boston· 5 days agoApproximately 200 people attended a meeting in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood on Saturday. It was...