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Brown v Board of Education: When the Supreme Court Rejected a Racist System

May 18, 2022 Carma Henry 0

     The state legislature even rejected a local control option that would allow school districts to decide that Black and White students could attend schools together. But under the state’s massive resistance plan, public schools were closed to avoid complying with court orders to desegregate. Some county officials just shut down their public schools completely. The state even funded the establishment of private schools that were only open to White students. It took years, and more Supreme Court rulings in 1964 and 1968, for desegregation to take hold across the state. […]

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Is Religious Freedom Free?

May 18, 2022 Carma Henry 0

In 2019, a federal appeals court ruled that the school board in Washington State was correct when it fired Coach Joe Kennedy for praying publicly. A judge of the Ninth Circuit said, “A coach’s duty to serve as a good role model requires the coach to refrain from any manifestation of religious faith — even when the coach is plainly not on duty.” Where does freedom start and stop? Kennedy’s case has sparked controversy, landing in the Supreme Court this past week debating just how far can a person express religious freedom in public spaces. […]

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“The Supreme Court”

May 12, 2022 Carma Henry 0

     In his book “ON ACCOUNT OF RACE: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and The Ravaging of African American Voting Rights”, Lawrence Gold-stone wrote “Beginning in 1876, the Supreme Court systematically dismantled both the equal protection guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment and what seemed to be the right to vote in the Fifteenth.” […]

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Alito May Sink Supreme Court

May 11, 2022 Carma Henry 0

     The Supreme Court’s leak shook the Nation. People, especially women, stormed into the streets in disbelief after learning about leakage of Justice Alito’s draft opinion. It wasn’t just a tiny leak. It was more like the leak caused by the iceberg that tore open the hull of the Titanic, causing it to sink. […]

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Can Federal Lynching Law Help Heal America?

May 11, 2022 Carma Henry 0

     With no federal law deeming lynching illegal, America could turn a blind eye to these atrocities. Sponsored by U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush in the House (D-Ill) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) in the Senate, the Senate unanimously passed the Emmet Till Anti-Lynching Legislation, and House approved it 422 to 3. With this law finally in place, the dawning of a racial reckoning in the United States seems more believable than ever before. […]

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Cheap Labor

May 11, 2022 Carma Henry 0

     So, what is all the fuss about? It’s about cheap labor. The wealthy, like the CEO banking away $6,400,000 a year, want an ample supply of cheap labor to ensure their luxurious lifestyles. […]

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Supreme Court’s Sordid Legacy

May 5, 2022 Carma Henry 0

  Former President George Washington was instrumental in the establishment of the Supreme Court in 1787. However, it was the Judiciary Act of 1789, which codified it into law thereby giving it power to force governmental officials to comply with the law. Washington, a slave owner, nominated six white men to serve as Justices. Of the six Justices, four also were slave owners. Thus, began the initial packing of the Supreme Court as well as its sordid legacy. […]