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Activists call to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge because he owned enslaved people
28 May 2024 11:46 GMT
… (CAAL), a nonprofit that promotes human rights in Maryland. Inside the Wiley … 60 people. Snowden is a civil rights activist who heads CAAL and … ;s Dred Scott decision in 1857 that upheld U.S. slavery and … Lewis is no stranger to civil rights work. She and her …
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13 May 2024 14:16 GMT
… as a bulwark for civil rights against local tyranny, we … its nationalization. While the civil rights movement won the core legal … he authored the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision. Yet Taney’s … “slavery as a way to freedom—the freedom of blacks, the freedom of …
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Members of Congress and civil rights groups call o...
18 Apr 2024 02:05 GMT
… alongside infamous decisions such as Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v … , the ACLU, and other civil rights and social justice organizations.
… of a group of civil rights organizations.
“The enduring … protect the constitutional and human rights of people in the …
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Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom
07 May 2024 12:32 GMT
… freedom. Freedom from archival truth, freedom from clear meaning. The freedom … gains of the civil-rights movement in ways … conflicts around slavery, most notably in its Dred Scott decision. … , individuals may exercise freedom, but collectives guarantee …
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Civil rights groups urge renaming Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge due to slave owner’s legacy
14 Apr 2024 20:58 GMT
… a pioneering leader of grassroots civil rights efforts.
Snowden said they … Baltimore, he was a slave owner who viewed Black people … some Black Americans sue for freedom but later regretted it, … , who authored the infamous Dred Scott decision, from the state …
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The 30 Most Critically Acclaimed Music Albums of All Time
27 May 2024 14:59 GMT
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Ten Freedom Summers by Wadada Leo Smith … moment in the Civil Rights Movement and American history—from Dred Scott to the …
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Civil rights groups push to rename Baltimore bridge because of namesake's links to slavery They are recommending the bridge be renamed after the late U.S. Rep. Parren J. Mitchell, the first Black Marylander to be elected to the House of…
10 Apr 2024 21:48 GMT
… figure in the anti-slavery movement. They suggested that … to lead a grassroots civil rights organization outside of the … Americans sue for their freedom prior to widespread emancipation, … the Supreme Court’s infamous Dred Scott decision, from the Maryland …
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A fight for freedom in New York
03 May 2024 06:02 GMT
… U.S. Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision in 1857. The case … most unyielding statement made against slavery by any court in … events/celebrating-heroine-lemmon-slave-case.
“How Emeline Got … Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and The Fight for Freedom,” Hon. Albert …
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Civil rights leaders call for Baltimore’s Key Bridge to be renamed for first Black congressman from Maryland
08 Apr 2024 19:34 GMT
… the high court’s Dred Scott decision, which ruled Black … a “conflicted relationship with slavery,” as the National Park … represented several enslavers whose slaves had run away.
In … caucus said Malkus considered civil rights legislation “un-American.” According …
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The case of Samuel Alito: Biden, Democrats shield pro-coup fascists on US Supreme Court
27 May 2024 01:35 GMT
… , controlled today not by the “Slave Power,” but by the Capitalist … in 1857 issued the infamous Dred Scott decision, is inapt in one …