Event in Brixton, England marking end of slavery in British empire also hears calls for restored citizenship. By Isobel Frodsham and Eleanor Leith, PA Media— Hundreds of people have gathered…
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By Kayode Crown, Jackson Free Press — Newly sworn in National Bar Association President Carlos Moore said yesterday that he will champion the passage of various laws relating to voting rights, police…
Evanston’s bold action has begun the prodigious process of repairing centuries of damage to Black people from the pernicious reality of racism. By Chicago Sun Times — In November 2019,…
John Palfrey cites an urgent need for powerful institutions to confront racial injustice. By David Roeder, Chicago Sun Times — The president of Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, citing a “fierce urgency”…
By Bert Wilkinson, Amsterdam News — With the Black Lives Matter movement growing in worldwide recognition, Caribbean Community nations are seeking to cash in on its influence and are tweaking…
Grants support an equitable recovery from the pandemic and combat anti-Blackness, uplift Indigenous Peoples, and improve public health equity. MacArthur today announced roughly $80 million in grants centered on advancing…
By Steve Neavling, Metro Times (Detroit) — Detroit City Council is weighing a proposal that would bring Black residents closer to receiving long-awaited reparations for systemic racial discrimination. If approved,…
H.R. 40 has more momentum than ever and people of faith must help encourage its passage. By Jason L. Miller, The Hill — Last summer, after the death of George…
Statement by the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) — The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) welcomes recent developments in the movement for reparatory justice, especially in the Caribbean and across the United…
By Nkechi Taifa — Normally my morning walks don’t include going down Memory Lane, particularly one that has been invisible for almost a century. But there I was, in Lafayette…
British Library releases vast trove of digitised 19th-century newspapers to bring stories of fugitives to life By Vanessa Thorpe, The Guardian — Little is yet known of Bussa, the man…
Dear Rolling Stone Editors: The day I discovered the commentary you ran — which was Tuesday, in the morning — I was poised to participate in a Washington, D.C. press conference with…
