Homer Plessy was arrested in 1892 after boarding the train car as part of a civil rights’ group’s efforts to challenge a state law that mandated segregated seating.
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Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill’s racial inequities
Many Black WWII veterans received substantially less money toward purchasing a home or continuing their education.
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Robert E. Lee statue is gone from Virginia, but the mystery of its time capsule remains
Though the monument itself was unveiled in 1890, the time capsule was planted in 1887 along with the first parts of the giant plinth.
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Statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee comes down in former Confederate capital
The 21-foot-tall bronze sculpture, installed in 1890, had stood among four other massive Confederate statues in Richmond, Va., that were removed by the city last summer.
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Officers, paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s chokehold death
McClain, a Black man, was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative two years ago.
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Lawmakers mark Juneteenth with talk of ‘abolition amendment’ to end forced labor by felons
Lawmakers are reviving calls to end a loophole in the Constitution that allowed another form of slavery — forced labor for convicted felons — to thrive.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities
President Joe Biden plans to take executive action to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal representation after services dwindled during the Trump administration.
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Tim Scott, only Black Republican senator, set to respond to Biden speech
Republican leaders’ choíce of Scott to answer Biden comes at a tense political moment.
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Portland council receives recommendations for racial equity
A 65-page report from the Racial Equity Steering Committee, appointed in response to last summer’s protests demanding racial justice, contains a range of recommendations for policing, mental health, housing, employment and even street names.
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Falmouth residents confirm, question systemic racism in town
Supporters of a proposed anti-racism resolution say it is needed while opponents say it is divisive and unnecessary.