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Republican New Hampshire state Rep. Werner Horn wrote in a now-deleted Facebook exchange with a former lawmaker that owning slaves didn’t necessarily make someone a racist, according to the Associated Press. Horn’s comment was in response to the other lawmaker trying to explain that President Donald Trump could not be…
James Robinson was born into slavery in Maryland in the mid-18th century. He fought with valor in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and was recognized for his courage and talent. Robinson met a president and at least one president-to-be. The Marquis de Lafayette awarded him with a gold…
Reparations for slavery are taking a tentative step forward. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is scheduled to hold a meeting on June 19 “to examine, through open and constructive discourse, the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, its continuing impact on the community…
One more state works to do away with a reminder of genocide. Vermont is one signature away from abolishing Columbus Day altogether and permanently recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The Vermont Legislature passed a bill that “will aid in the cultural development of Vermont’s recognized tribes, while enabling all indigenous peoples…
The future of the United States recognizes policy as the way to combat racism. While many of the country’s institutions still benefit from the work of enslaved men and women and uphold the policies that continue to create wealth, health, education, and housing deficits for Blacks, Georgetown University students voted,…
In an interview with CBS anchor Gayle King, which aired on Sunday, Virginia State Gov. Ralph Northam referred to enslaved Africans as “indentured servants.” The governor, who refuses to resign after his blackface transgression while in medical school, acknowledged that the state of Virginia was once “the heart of the…
“He said he would sell me into slavery, if I didn’t do what he said, and then he started making little jingles about slavery,” said LaShanti Duncan. That’s the type of harassment Duncan and Imani Wortham said that they had to endure each day in school from a bully at…
State Sen. Joseph Silk (R-Broken Bow) is pushing his “Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act,” which calls on the state to ignore federal law on abortion. And he’s using the argument that states can ignore the Supreme Court because “they were wrong about slavery.” Abortion is “gonna be classified as…
Dinesh D’Souza, a controversial right-wing filmmaker and pundit, who has made racist remarks about former President Obama, went on Fox News on Monday to contest Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s statement that the Electoral College is a remnant of the days of slavery in the U.S. Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old activist from the Bronx,…
The white social studies teacher in New York City Public Schools, Patricia Cummings, fired after stepping on the backs of three Black students’ during a “lesson” on slavery, claims that she is the victim of reverse racism and plans to sue the State of New York for an astounding $120…
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