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To many, January 26 represents a history of dispossession, racism and colonialism -- and the associated modern realities of black deaths in custody, the gap in health and life expectancy between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, shocking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth detention statistics, and more. This ANTAR piece outlines three main lines of thought regarding January 26: Change The Date, Abolish The Date, and Reframe The Date. https://lnkd.in/gDQYCXD3

https://lnkd.in/g7hiaERG should be a priority in preserving personal dignity

Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in the US. Let's remember the struggle, celebrate freedom, and recommit to justice for all. ✊🏾✊🏻🌟 #BHHS #BHHSRealEstate #RealEstateReport #RealEstateTips #RealEstateAdvice #PetersenPartners #TeamoftheFuture #AtlantaRealEstate #AtlantaRealtor #ForeverAgent #TrustedAdvisor #BerkshireHathaway #Smyrna #Realtor #Juneteenth

The UK's dark history of colonisation and slavery has come under relentless scrutiny, and the resounding calls for reparations are gathering momentum. Patrick Robinson, a leading Judge at the International Court of Justice, insists that the UK must heed the mounting appeals for transatlantic slavery reparations. This aligns with the pressing dialogues on addressing historical injustices, particularly surrounding British war crimes in Ireland. https://bit.ly/45hJqB6 #HistoricalInjustices #JusticeForAll #BritishWarCrimesIreland

I would LOVE and APPRECIATE your questions and comments on this day. This is not black history, This is American history. We just happened to be black in it. After this day, June 19th, 1865, so much happened. Under the direction of then President Andrew Johnson, nearly all the southern states would enact their own black codes in 1865 and 1866. While the codes granted certain freedoms to African Americans—including the right to buy and own property, marry, make contracts and testify in court (only in cases involving people of their own race)—their primary purpose was to restrict Black peoples’ labor and activity. Black people who broke labor contracts were subject to arrest, beating and forced labor, and apprenticeship laws forced many minors (either orphans or those whose parents were deemed unable to support them by a judge 🤨) into unpaid labor for white planters. Passed by a political system in which Black people effectively had no voice, the black codes were enforced by all-white police and state militia forces—often made up of Confederate veterans of the Civil War—across the South. After passing the Civil Rights Act (over Johnson’s veto), Republicans in Congress effectively took control of Reconstruction. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 required southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment—which granted “equal protection” of the Constitution to former enslaved people—and enact universal male suffrage before they could rejoin the Union. The 15th Amendment, adopted in 1870, guaranteed that a citizen’s right to vote would not be denied “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” During this period of Radical Reconstruction (1867-1877), Black men won election to southern state governments and even to the U.S. Congress. However, white southerners showed a steadfast commitment to ensuring their supremacy and the survival of plantation agriculture in the postwar years. Support for Reconstruction policies waned after the early 1870s, undermined by the violence of white supremacist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. By 1877, Black people had seen little improvement in their economic and social status, and the vigorous efforts of white supremacist forces throughout the region had undone the political gains they had made. Discrimination would continue in America with the rise of Jim Crow laws, but would inspire the civil rights movement to come. For more information on this post, go to HISTORY.COM

Africa

Rev. Wylie Hughes and I discuss: - The Black-Jewish Alliance - what happened to it and how to revive it? - Public Discourse - can civil conversation return to civic life? - The illiberal Left - can we revive liberalism among progressives? The answers - only when we pull apart the Gordian knot of White Supremacy, American misogyny and patriarchy, and anti-Indigenous genocide, for a start. https://lnkd.in/engUqNiW

In recognition of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we invite you to learn the history of Orange Shirt day: https://lnkd.in/gHrRzxkc