Democrat lawmaker from Texas compares gov’s arrest threat to slavery
One of dozens of the Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the Lone Star State last week in order to ...
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Jamaica to ask UK for billions in ‘well overdue’ reparations over slave trade
Jamaica plans to ask the UK to pay billions in compensation for the centuries-old slave trade in the former ...
BET billionaire Robert Johnson calls for $14T in reparations — and wants a check too
America’s first black billionaire, Robert Johnson, is pushing hard for the government to pay $14 trillion in reparations — ...
Juneteenth holiday marking the end of slavery becomes law after decades of inaction
Biden signed the law enacting the federal holiday after Congress reached a sudden and unexpected bipartisan agreement this week. ...
Supreme Court says chocolate companies cannot be sued over child slavery on African cocoa farms
More recently, a report sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor indicated that the West African cocoa industry was ...
Congress passes bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Enlarge Image (Left to right) Rep. Danny Davis, Sen. Ed Markey, Steve Williams, president of the National Juneteenth Observance ...
Congress votes overwhelmingly to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. The day commemorates the end of slavery in Texas in 1865.
“While freedom was delayed for black Americans following the end of the Civil War, we will delay no longer ...
Senate passes bill to make Juneteenth, day commemorating the end of slavery, a federal holiday
Had Johnson not withdrawn his objection, the legislation probably would have faced a tougher path to reaching the Senate ...
On a tour of historical sites, examining how the story of slavery is taught
In a final chapter, Smith travels to Senegal’s Gorée Island, well known as the place of departure for Africans’ ...
Vet’s mic cut off as he spoke of role freed slaves played in Memorial Day origins
A US Army veteran’s microphone was cut off during a Memorial Day event in Ohio as he discussed the ...
