Hearing on Slavery Reparations
Actor Danny Glover, author Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and others testified on slavery reparations before a House Judiciary subcommittee. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee …
38,665 viewsActor Danny Glover, author Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and others testified on slavery reparations before a House Judiciary subcommittee. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee …
38,665 viewsBlack leaders and scholars outlined ways minority groups during a Donald Trump administration can protect such civil rights as the right to vote. They spoke at the Institute of the Black Wor…
2,039 viewsGovernor Larry Hogan (R-MD), Acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin, and others delivered remarks at the National Urban League’s conference. They discussed issues facing African …
283 viewsRepresentative John Conyers (D-MI) held a town hall meeting on the implications of the Detroit bankruptcy filing. Earlier this summer, Detroit became the largest municipality in U.S. history…
572 viewsThis conference explored issues concerning the causes, costs, and cures for violence in this country. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly moderated this panel on solutions to violence, which she felt o…
601 views“African-American’s and the Political Process,” a portion of the National Conference of African-American Organizations conference that focused on the role of African-American’s in government…
126 viewsExiled Haitian President Aristide, a Catholic priest, spoke to an audience on efforts to restore democracy in Haiti following his ouster in 1991. He also discussed U.N. efforts to investigat…
116 viewsThe National Urban League released a report entitled, “The State of Black America.” Members of the league spoke on the report that examined issues affecting African Americans.
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