african diaspora

’ They need to pay' Call for reparations in Canada being met with silence and refusal June 30, 2007 Royson James City columnist HALIFAX–Minutes before the official ceremony to unveil a new 24-foot steel and bronze sculpture in front of the North Memorial...

Dems say march to racial unity not over By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press A historically diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates — a woman, a black, an Hispanic and five whites — denounced an hours-old Supreme Court affirmative action ruling...

THE WAR IN THE COMMUNITIES COMPLEXO DO ALEMAO AND PENHA: Public Security Policy or Genocide? by Maria Helena Moreira Alves PhD in Political Science MIT (Massachussetts Institute of Technology) Professor of Political Science and Economics (State University...

http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news403/ns4081250.htm http://www.guyana.org/features/guyanastory/chapter43.html On August 1, 2007, numerous Guyanese will participate in ceremonies marking the 169th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Guyana. However,...

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Fifth of July Speech by Frederick Douglas July 4, 1852 Rochester, New York Full Text on Pan-African News Wire: http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/2007/07/frederick-douglass-to-slave-is-fo urth.html Audio Excerpts...

Amistad sets sail on slave trade route By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press WriterT Thu Jun 21,2007 A ship bearing the name Amistad once again set sail for the Atlantic, tracing a 19th-century route of the slave trade. The Freedom Schooner Amistad,...

WEST PAPUAN CHURCHES REPORT ABOUT THE FAILURE OF THE SPECIAL AUTONOMY LAW NO 21/2001 WEST PAPUAN CHURCHES’ DEEPEST CONCERN AND APPEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY As leaders of churches in West Papua who are concerned about all aspects of our people’s...

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20070608T230000-0500_124093_OBS_BLACK_VICTIMS_OF_THE_NAZIS_.asp Black Victims of the Nazis Patrick Wilmot Saturday, June 09, 2007 "Holocaust" is usually associated with the six million Jews slaughtered by the...

http://www.washingt onpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/20/AR2007062002535_pf.html A 'Broken People' in Booming India Low-Caste Dalits Still Face Prejudice, Grinding Poverty By Emily Wax Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, June 21, 2007; A01...

Slave Passage Found at Washington House By RUBINA MADAN Associated Press Writer June 7, 2007, 8:08 PM EDT PHILADELPHIA -- Archaeologists unearthing the remains of George Washington's presidential home have discovered a hidden passageway used by his nine...