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Will Brown, a meatpacking industry worker, was lynched in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1919 for allegedly raping a white woman. The riot of white men leading to his lynching was a response to the new competition for jobs posed by black workers for the first time. Omaha’s was just one of many murderous riots that took place during the “Red Summer of 1919” in some three dozen cities around the country. The photo of this spectacle lynching is one of the most famous.
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New York State invited the families of 12 families of victims of the Attica assault for a memorial service and to return personal belongings.
Read More >By Ron Allen, NBCnews.com, TheGrio.com I think he would be pleased.” The words of Ahmed Kathrada, one of Nelson Mandela’s closest confidants, giving what he thinks would be Mandela’s assessment of…
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One lawyer fights for those who cannot afford representation and would otherwise be vulnerable to a racist criminal justice system.
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Three people on death row have had their sentences changed after successfully proving racial bias in their cases.
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Check out these stories on the big screen if you want to learn more about the enslavement of African people.
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From about 1900 to 1965, most African Americans were not allowed to vote in the South. White people in power used many methods to keep black people from voting. Some of these methods also prevented poor white people from voting. Today there are still laws and customs that make it harder for African Americans, other minorities, and some whites to vote.
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One higher education leader has offered a suggestion that could help Black inmates and lead to rehabilitation.
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Research finally supports what people of color have known all along: there is racial bias in the criminal justice system.
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Louisana is no stranger to prisons, thanks to its extensive private prison system that regularly employs slave labor.
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