The cemetery is believed to contain the remains of people enslaved on Hardscrabble Plantation in the 1800s – and it was nearly lost to history as the landowners considered developing.
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Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, has already indicated that she intends to pursue criminal charges.
Dane County Circuit Judge Chris Taylor ordered Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Mark Wagner to stand trial on one count of second-degree reckless endangerment following a preliminary hearing Thursday, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
History was made on Wednesday (January 4) when Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla joined Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. as a nominee for House Speaker, marking the first time two Black lawmakers have been up for the chamber’s top position. ‘
Virginia contractor Devon Henry was called from the office of former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to join the effort in taking down statues honoring the Confederacy. According to The Washington Post, Team Henry Enterprises was nearly a last resort given the “overtly racist” refusals from other white-owned companies.
In the 1920s, the beach resort was extremely popular with African American tourists. At that time, Black people were not permitted on white beaches.
A judge moved Lt. Caron Nazario’s million-dollar lawsuit forward against the two Virginia police officers who pepper-sprayed him during a traffic stop, per ABC News. Nazario says what the officers claimed to be a routine traffic stop resulted in an illegal car search and false imprisonment.
“We are witnessing the transition to steady and stable growth that I have been predicting for months,” Biden said.
“America needs the ghosts of slavery to remind us of how our nation was really built, said artist,” said Marcus Brown whose augmented reality (AR) exhibit has opened in New Orleans.
Amid scrutiny over Cleveland police hiring practices, the department has been scouting Historically Black Colleges and Universities to help fix its image. Not everyone is on board.