Slavery

"It's Trayvon Martin 2.0," Crump said, describing the defense's efforts to characterize Arbery as a "scary, Black man" in their closing arguments.

"Fourteen-year-olds sometimes unwisely shoot their mouths off, instantly regretting it but causing no harm, no disruption," the students' attorney said.

The former Democratic congresswoman said that the party's leaders aren't listening to "what parents are concerned about."

In his new Netflix series, "Colin in Black & White," former San Francisco 49ers player Colin Kaepernick has compared the NFL Draft process to slavery.

The white teen who offered his Black classmate for sale as a "slave" on Craigslist was also ordered to serve 100 hours' community service.

The statue of Thomas Jefferson has been in City Hall since 1834.

"I'm not just unhappy with the cowboys, who were running down Haitians and using their reins to whip them," Waters said. "I'm unhappy with the administration."

Douglass' potent anti-slavery advocacy bore the influences of biblical religion, classical philosophy and the American brand of Enlightenment thought.

The furniture restorer claimed the chair was filled with human hair from slaves as well as hand-picked cotton.

The cave—which had water pouring from its ceiling covered in stalactites—stays the same temperature all year round.

What both sides should demand instead is expansion, not restriction, of the history we teach—with a deeper, richer perspective on our republic's place in the world.

The man, who was visiting a woman at her home in Atlanta, Georgia, to fix her Wi-Fi, was left stunned by what he saw.

"Our African ancestors were forcibly removed from their home and suffered unparalleled atrocities in Africa to carry out forced labor to the benefit of the British Empire," Culture Minister Olivia Grange said.

"Measures taken to address the past will transform our future," the U.N.'s human rights chief said.

The couple found that two of the four fireplaces in their 19th-century house were not connected to chimneys.

Frederick Douglass delivered his famous address on July 5, 1852. It has since been recited by actors including James Earl Jones and Ossie Davis.

"It is time to engrave the great injustice of colonial slavery into our city's identity," Mayor Femke Halsema said.

Amherst, Mass. approved creating a fund to pay reparations to Black residents, with a suggested initial seed investment of over $200,000.

Juneteenth can be an appropriate and meaningful supplement to observance of July 4th, without replacing the parades, barbecues and fireworks that have illuminated American summers for more than two centuries.

Juneteenth normally takes play on June 19th. This marks the day that slavery officially ended across the U.S. in 1865, when Texas became the final state to announce Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

The right-winger attacked the new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery after President Biden signed the bill officially recognizing it.

NBA All Star and activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar told the Associated Press that he has his sights set on creating a documentary-style piece on the Underground Railroad ahead of the premiere of his latest project.

President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan resolution on Thursday that makes Juneteenth, the celebration of the end of slavery, a national holiday.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law after Congress voted to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law Thursday afternoon legislation that will establish June 19 as the Juneteenth National Independence Day, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

Several of the GOP lawmakers also recently voted against awarding the officers who protected the Capitol building on January 6 with Congressional Gold Medals.

Prominent Black voices on social media have reacted to the news of the Senate vote, but many feel as though there are more important matters that need to be addressed.

The Senate unanimously passed a bill that would make Juneteenth a federal holiday marking the emancipation of those enslaved in the U.S.

Juneteenth is the day marking the end of slavery in the U.S.. It has been celebrated for over a century and obtained the status of federal holiday this week.

Americans resist the currently fashionable notion that this brutal institution represents the essence of our history and the oppressive basis of the nation's power and prosperity.