[Black Business\Reparations]
Michael Gee: “I believe a strong reparations program would accelerate economic growth and kickstart a new era of public discussion around racial equality and anti-racist policies.”
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Jim crow
It’s Time for U.S. Business Leaders to Talk Reparations
First National Black Voter Day to be recognized on September 18
[#ReclaimYourVote Campaign]
BET: Scott Mills: “With 100 days until Election Day—it is critical for BET to utilize all of our resources and partnerships to drive Black civic engagement across the country, and the National Black Voter Day is a key part of this effort.”
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We Must Restore Voting Rights Act to Honor John Lewis
[John Lewis\Voting Rights Act]
Morial: “John Lewis paid for the Voting Rights Act with his own blood. The Supreme Court made a mockery of his sacrifice when it gutted the Act, saying the country had changed and states no longer needed federal oversight to protect Black voters…”
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For Black Brazilians, Like African-Americans, COVID-19 is Deadly
[Black Brazil\COVID-19]
The Conversation: “The Brazilian Health Ministry had already flagged high COVID-19 death rates among Afro-Brazilians, a category that includes people who identify as “Black” or “Brown” in the census.”
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Why Do Americans Celebrate Confederate Statues of American Traitors?
[Confederate Statues]
Entin: Where is Benedict Arnold National Park, or a monument to the brave Kamikaze pilots who served so gallantly in World War II? Is there a memorial to the Luftwaffe in the middle of London to commemorate their great work during the Blitz?”
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NY-16 Congressional Challenger Bowman: Make Juneteenth a National Holiday
[Jamaal Bowman\NY-16\Juneteenth]
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 this country since the very beginning.’
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THE PANDEMIC OF AMERICAN RACISM MUST BE HEALED TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY
[American Racism]
Koehler: “Real change would probably have to begin with an enormous public conversation, and national acknowledgment of our history, including slavery and genocide — the theft of people, the theft of the continent — followed by atonement, reparations.”
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GEORGIA GOVERNOR KEMP LOSES VOTE PURGE SUIT BROUGHT BY REPORTER GREG PALAST
[Voter Suppression\Georgia\Brian Kemp]
“Kemp and the new Sec. of State of Georgia want to keep the lid on their methods for removing literally hundreds of thousands of low-income, young and minority voters on the basis of false information.”
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FORMER MAYOR BLOOMBERG: “BLACK AMERICANS WERE SYSTEMATICALLY ROBBED, EXPLOITED AND EXCLUDED”
[Black History\2020 Elections]
“Black history is American history, and we have much to celebrate this month, but we also have many wrongs to right.”
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