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Museum linked to lynching memorial reopening
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A museum that’s linked to the national lynching memorial in Montgomery is reopening for the first time since the pandemic began. The Legacy Museum, which tells the story of slavery and its legacy in the United States, will offer free admission for a limited time, but crowd...
Virginia lawmakers vote to make Juneteenth a state holiday
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Juneteenth has officially become a state holiday after lawmakers unanimously approved legislation during the Virginia General Assembly special session. Juneteenth marks the day news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas, which was the last state to abolish slavery. The...
Rockford’s most polarizing protester will not be deterred
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Leslie Rolfe vowed not to settle for lip service from city officials. It’s a stance the 28-year-old Rockford man adopted after he watched police in military-style riot gear use pepper spray and tear gas to force protesters away from the District 1 police station after a...
Group seeks to combat misleading information online
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A group of U.S. Black scholars, activists and writers has launched a new project they say will combat misleading information online around voting, reparations and immigration, supporters announced Friday. The newly formed National Black Cultural Information Trust seeks to counter...
Ethan Hawke tapes audio edition of acclaimed novel 'Gilead'
NEW YORK (AP) — When she learned that Ethan Hawke was working on a special audio edition of her acclaimed novel “Gilead,” Marilynne Robinson's response was to get a better idea of who he was. “I can't say I was familiar with his voice,” Robinson said of the four-time Oscar...
Gloves linked to forced labor in China stopped at LA port
WASHINGTON (AP) — A shipment of women’s gloves at a California port has been traced to a factory that uses forced labor of people caught up in a brutal crackdown on ethnic minorities in China, U.S. authorities said Thursday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the shipment of 1,900 pairs of...
Racial justice movement a factor for 5 state ballot measures
The Black Lives Matter movement isn’t named in any of the 120 statewide ballot measures up for a vote on Nov. 3. But this year's nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice are major factors in the campaigns in several states for measures with distinctive racial themes. In California,...
Mural depicting slavery at Maryland post office covered up
CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) — A nearly 80-year-old mural inside a Maryland post office that portrays Black slaves pulling barrels of tobacco alongside white men on horses has been covered in plastic. The mural in the Catonsville post office was covered after state and federal representatives called for its...
Report: 29 million girls, women victims of modern slavery
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new report estimates that 29 million women and girls are victims of modern slavery, exploited by practices including forced labor, forced marriage, debt-bondage and domestic servitude. Grace Forrest, co-founder of the Walk Free anti-slavery organization, said Friday that means one...
Korean group must remove Berlin tribute to "comfort women"
BERLIN (AP) — A Berlin district has ordered a local Korean group to remove a statue commemorating women used as sex slaves by Japan during World War II, saying Friday it goes beyond what had been approved. The issue of sex slaves, euphemistically called “comfort women,” has been a major...
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