Equal Justice Society President Lisa Holder and Board Member Donald K. Tamaki are among the reparations movement leaders interviewed in a new documentary that debuted today on abc7news.com and the station’s various streaming apps. The documentary is presented by Julian Glover, the Emmy® and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning ABC7 News anchor. The special aims toContinueContinue reading “Lisa Holder, Don Tamaki in New ABC7 Documentary on California Reparations”
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‘A Royal Secret’ by Michael Tyler
Michael Tyler is the Equal Justice Society Poet-in-Residence. Many of us recall moments indelibly etched in our minds that upon reflection, transport us back to a location and circumstance with a cinematic clarity undiminished by fading memory or cluttered lives. I had such a moment: March 29,1968. It was a Friday, the consequential day IContinueContinue reading “‘A Royal Secret’ by Michael Tyler”
New ACLU Video Highlights “Free” State’s Hidden Slavery History
https://youtu.be/EVaZy6egw1k This is cross-posted from ACLUNC.org. The Equal Justice Society is a proud partner of “Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California,” a project by ACLU Northern California. EJS President Lisa Holder was a member of the California Reparations Task Force. With the eyes of the world watching, California has released a historicContinueContinue reading “New ACLU Video Highlights “Free” State’s Hidden Slavery History”