‘Cancer Alley’ Residents Are Trying to Stop a Huge Plastics Plant from Being Built on the Graves of Slaves
Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:18:36 +0000
“Our community cannot handle another chemical plant.”
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Chocolate Shop Scraps 17th-Century Theme After Activist Points Out Slavery Connection
Credit to Author: Jelisa Castrodale| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:01 +0000
Portland’s 1670 New American Chocolate House was called out for “racist, colonial” branding that included three cargo ships.
Read morePirates, Stowaways, Vigilantes: ‘The Outlaw Ocean’ Humanizes Crime on the High Seas
Credit to Author: Madeleine Gregory| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 12:59:38 +0000
Reporter Ian Urbina spent years at sea reporting on maritime crime. His new book exposes the strange world that few on land ever experience.
Read moreHigh school student gets banned from prom for racist promposal
Credit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 03:54:52 +0000
A student from Ohio, United States was banned from prom after his “promposal” was deemed racist by school officials.
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Read moreUS governor’s wife criticized for handing cotton to black students during tour
Credit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 05:32:10 +0000
The complaint was made by a Virginia state employee after her 8th grade daughter, who served as a Senate Page, told her of the incident.
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Read moreSchool draws flak for ‘runaway slave’ game on Black History Month
Credit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 07:23:37 +0000
An elementary school in Virginia has earned criticism for a “runaway slave” game it conducted during Black History Month this February.
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Read moreCanada opens doors to some 750 ex-slaves from Libya
Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 02:51:14 +0000
Canada will welcome some 750 ex-slaves from Libya as refugees, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said Wednesday.
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