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Benjamin: "The police 'Slave Patrol' system was created to protect the profits of these slaveholders who feared slave uprisings would economically disrupt their 'peculiar institution.” Photo: YouTube This…
Bowman: "Making Juneteenth a national holiday would be just one step, albeit a significant one, in a larger effort to root out the racism that’s been part of…
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer: “In FY 2017, New York City defendants’ and their families and friends posted more than 12,300 private bail bonds, with a total…
Rep. Barbara Lee. Photo. Flickr Congresswoman Lee Marks 152nd Observance of Juneteenth. Today we pause to celebrate and commemorate Juneteenth – the day in 1865 when news of…
A NATION CAUGHT UP IN THE UNFINISHED LEGACY OF AMERICA'S SLAVERY Dr. Joyce Watford, an Educator and a Descendant of America’s Slaves August 27, 2016 PART I JUSTICE…
You may want to write this down because I don’t say it very often. Perhaps we should follow the shining example of the Republican Party in one very…
