Artwork is Aaron Douglas’ “Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction” (1934) 2019 is the 400th anniversary of the beginning of slavery in the USA. In August of 1619, twenty Africans landed at Jamestown Virginia. In the 400 years that Africans have been here, their history has been full of struggle, resistance, and theContinue reading "The Impact of Slavery on American Jurisprudence and Activism"
This Week in White Supremacy: Week 54
"For many people of Indigenous descent, celebrating Thanksgiving would be akin to feting the arrival of Dutch slavers in Africa in the 17th century." CANADA: As a senator calls for a nationwide review of the forced sterilization of Indigenous women, a lawyer representing a proposed class action detailed the women's accounts of being sterilized withoutContinue reading "This Week in White Supremacy: Week 54"
Support Monday’s Oral Arguments in Suit Against Trump Ban on Asylum Seekers
Vince Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, shared with us today that there will be oral arguments in San Francisco on Monday, November 19, at 9:30 am in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump, CCR's federal lawsuit challenging the new Trump proclamation, which bars people seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border if they attempt to enter outside a portContinue reading "Support Monday’s Oral Arguments in Suit Against Trump Ban on Asylum Seekers"