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Juneteenth Hack-a-Thon Information, June 28, 2019
On Friday June 28, 2019 from 12-2 p.m. the New Jersey State Library, in partnership with Freedom on the Move, will host a Hack-a-Thon in honor of Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United…
Read MoreBlack People’s Land Was Stolen
Many people associate the idea of reparations with the 250 years of enslavement of kidnapped Africans and their descendants. Andrew W. Kahrl, associate professor of history and African-American studies at the University of Virginia, describes post-emancipation incidents of practices that effectively…
Read MoreTa-Nehesi Coates addresses Congress on reparations
Here is a transcript of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ opening remarks at yesterday’s historic Congressional hearing on reparations: “Yesterday, when I asked about reparations, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered a familiar reply. America should not be held liable for something that…
Read MoreWhat Catholic Church records tell us about America’s earliest black history
“For most Americans, black history begins in 1619, when a Dutch ship brought some “20 and odd Negroes” as slaves to the English colony of Jamestown, in Virginia. Many are not aware that black history in the United States goes…
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