Supes Back Call To Remove 'Involuntary Servitude' Clause From State Constitution
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoCurrently, the state constitution allows for involuntary servitude for the punishment of a crime. According to Haney's office, the clause was modeled after the U.S. Constitution's 13th ...
'Expect India to vote in favour of our country at UNHRC: Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary
MSN News· 18 hours agoIn an exclusive interview to India Today TV, Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary Admiral (Retd) Jayanath...
Emhoff reflects on interracial marriage case: Without this 'I would not be married to Kamala Harris'
The Hill· 5 days agoSecond gentleman Doug Emhoff reflected on the “powerful” impact of the Supreme Court landmark ruling...
'Amend' Brings History Of The 14th Amendment To Life
NPR· 3 days agoMr. Wilmore, thanks so much for being with us. LARRY WILMORE: Oh, it's my pleasure. Thanks for having me, Scott. SIMON: A lot of attention has been paid in recent years to the 13th& ...
Children's Books That Celebrate Black History, to Read All Year Round
People Magazine· 6 days agoFreedom's School by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated by James E. Ransome takes place following the...
Can slavery reparations happen under the Biden administration?
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 6 days agoToday, in efforts to correct the wrong of slavery, support for H.R. 40 is mounting as a markup and...
Texas' oldest Black university was built on a former plantation
ABC13 Houston· 3 days agoOut in a rural stretch of Texas northwest of Houston, Waller County was born of plantations, cotton...
Letters: 'Hard history still history,' so we should teach about slavery, racism
The Advocate· 4 days agoThe solution is astonishingly simple: Require public schools to teach the history of slavery and...
He wants to kick Jim Crow out of the California Constitution
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoDorsey Nunn knows more about one particular line in the California Constitution than anyone would ever want to. “Slavery is prohibited,” says Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution, the set ...
A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico
NPR· 2 days agoThe Mexican Congress fully outlawed slavery in 1837, well before the United States did so with the 13th Amendment in 1865. Texas won its independence from ...