Slavery Abolition

In every speech Nova Scotia Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard makes for Emancipation Day this year, she'll ask the same question: what's next? It's a question she's posing to federal and provincial governments, as well as individual Canadians, as the country marks the day slavery was abolished in the British Empire. Federal politicians…

Prince Charles has expressed his personal sorrow over the enduring impact of British colonialism and slavery at a meeting of Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda. He also addressed the issue of Commonwealth members cutting ties with the Royal Family. “I want to acknowledge that the roots of our contemporary association run…

A historic bust of Abraham Lincoln and a plaque of the Gettysburg Address have been removed from a Cornell University library display following a complaint, according to a university professor. Biology professor Randy Wayne told The College Fix that he often visits the library and noticed recently that the Lincoln bust –…

In the latest saga of the misguided attacks on “critical race theory,” a group of educators given the assignment of recommending curriculum changes to the Texas State Board of Education proposed that American slavery be described to second grade social studies classes as “involuntary relocation.” If the educators suggesting such…

Any developers bidding to construct solar plants with more than 300 MW of generation capacity in the latest round of the UK’s clean power auction program will have to draw up a supply chain plan showing how they will address matters ranging from skills gaps to new technology to modern…

The vice president said the decision fit a pattern in U.S. history of ‘government trying to claim ownership over human bodies.’...Read More

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fifteen Black former or current employees at Tesla Inc. filed a lawsuit against the electric vehicle maker on Thursday, alleging they were subjected to racial abuse and harassment at its factories. The workers said they were subjected to offensive racist comments and behavior by colleagues, managers and…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR World 1 Jul, 2022 03:49 AM2 minutes to read Opal Lee, a former teacher and counsellor, made her famous trek from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington DC to push lawmakers to make a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Photo /…

A group of Texas educators are facing backlash on social media after proposing that the term "involuntary relocation" be used in second grade classrooms when referring to slavery. During a Texas State Board of Education meeting earlier this month, a group of nine educators suggested the vocabulary change before being…

AUSTIN, Texas — Public schools in Texas would describe slavery to second graders as "involuntary relocation" under new social studies standards proposed to the state’s education board. A group of nine educators submitted the idea to the State Board of Education as part of Texas’ efforts to develop new social…