Civil Rights
Britain refused to apologize for the Trans-Atlantic slave trade
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer did not apologize for British participation in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, according to Downing Street. Caribbean leaders have argued for some financial recognition of the legacy of slavery. Estimates for compensation from campaigners and academics have ranged from £205 billion or 221,724,693,350.00 U.S. Dollars to nearly £19 trillion 19,000,000,000,000 in U.S. Dollars. Commonwealth Heads…
Read MoreIllinois sheriff, who hired Sean Grayson, quits
Sonya Massey and deputy who killed her.
Read MoreThe University of California’s president’s Berkeley residence was vandalized with racist hatred
A fence was built around the Berkeley home of Dr. Michael V. Drake, president of the University of California system. The fence failed to provide the intended protection for Dr. Drake and his family. Several reports said vandals jumped over the fence in May to spread their hateful messages. The graffiti they left included the date…
Read MoreWales elects its first Black head of state at the same time other leadership changes are occurring worldwide
Vaughan Gething is set this week to become the first Black man to lead the country of Wales, a country of 3.1 million people between England and Northern Ireland. Wales is a semi-autonomous government. He expects to be confirmed as first minister this week following an election he won against Education Minister Jeremy Miles. Gething…
Read MoreAmanda Knox is again convicted of slander of her former boss
American Amanda Knox has again been found guilty if slandering her former boss.
Read MoreChicago police shot a driver 96 times for not wearing a seat belt
Chicago police shot at Dexter Reed 96 times
Read MoreNazis march in Nashville, where the KKK was founded
Nazis marched down the sidewalks in Nashville, Tennessee, in the same state where the Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1865 by Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general. In the popular film, “Forrest Gump,†actor Tom Hanks played Forrest Gump, a distant relative of Nathan Bedford Forrest. His mother, played by actress Sally Field, gave…
Read MoreJustice Clarence Thomas has hired a clerk who hates Black people
Crystal Clanton, who was appointed as the clerk to Supreme Justice Clarence Thomas during the 2024-2025 court term, has stated that she “hates Black people,” according to an article published in The New Yorker magazine and The New York Times. According to The New Yorker, Clanton was accused of sending a text message saying, “I HATE…
Read MoreFani Willis said she didn’t take the witness stand to emasculate Black men
Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney of Georgia, was the surprise witness at her trial on Thursday, in which supporters of former President Donald are pushing to disqualify her for alleging Trump attempted to overthrow the 2020 election. Willis told Trump’s fleet of lawyers, “You think I am on trial, but you are…
Read MoreUnemployment drops in December for Black men
The unemployment rate for Black men was 4.6% in December compared with 4.9% year over, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in December. The jobless rate for Black women was 4.8% compared to 5.0% last year. The Bureau reported that 216,000 were created in December, and unemployment remained at 3.7 percent.
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