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A new state agency could implement reparations in California. Here’s what’s proposed

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Reparations Task Force recently concluded its two-day public meeting geared toward compensating Black Americans affected by the legacy of slavery. But the nine-member body is a long way from the finish line.

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Most of those held after crossing Channel referred as potential slavery victims

Almost all of those who came under the National Referral Mechanism while awaiting return were later released from detention, the Home Office said.

The Independent UK

Words of Negroes review – sorcery trial documentary raises ghosts of slavery

Workers at a sugar factory in Guadeloupe read the records of a trial that followed the death of a slave in 1842, with uncomfortably strong modern-day echoes

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‘Slavery wages’ prompt hunger strike at ICE detention facilities

Participants say poor living conditions and wages of $1 a day have pushed them to launch the weeks-long protest.

Al Jazeera

Newly discovered early ‘Gone With the Wind’ movie script reveals a much harsher depiction of slavery

ATLANTA — A recently discovered early script version of the 1939 film “Gone With the Wind” showed a much harsher depiction of slavery than what ultimately made it onscreen.

Tribune News Service

Will Smith makes first awards speech since Oscars slap

Actor accepted an award for the 2022 slavery drama ‘Emancipation’

The Independent UK

Hundreds of trafficking victims in UK missing after referral to support scheme

Home Office data shows 566 people were categorised as missing between 2020 and 2022

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Slavery plaque on Scots memorial could go after plan approved for its removal

The brass plate on the Melville Monument dedicated to Henry Dundas claims he used his influence to delay the abolition of slavery.

Daily Record

Edinburgh plan to remove Melville Monument slavery plaque approved as family say its 'hurtful'

The decision does not automatically mean the plaque can be removed - as permission needs to be given by those who own the monument.

Edinburgh Live

Former Atlanta fire chief says God brought slaves to America to save them

ATLANTA — A former Atlanta fire chief, fired eight years ago over his self-published book that likened homosexuality to bestiality, spoke to a group of state government workers Monday for Black History Month. During the meandering speech, Kelvin Cochran said it was God’s plan to bring Africans to America as…

Tribune News Service

Today’s attacks on ‘critical race theory’ aim to perpetuate myth of white supremacy

This movement to suppress history is rooted in the “lost cause,” a false version of history promoted by white Southerners to erase the horrors of slavery and justify legal segregation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Amendment to repeal constitutional language regarding slavery as punishment for a crime certified for the 2024 Nevada ballot

An amendment that would repeal language from the Nevada Constitution regarding slavery as punishment for a crime was certified for the 2024 ballot. Voters in Nevada will decide on the amendment on Nov. 5, 2024.

Ballotpedia

What is cuckooing and why do people want it to be criminalised?

Cuckooing involves gangs and criminals taking over vulnerable people’s homes

Evening Standard

Dining across the divide US special: ‘We were on the brink of an uncomfortable conversation’

They are both Democrats, but what subjects – from Ukraine to defunding the police – would leave them at odds?

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Jess Phillips and Iain Duncan Smith lead calls to criminalise ‘cuckooing’

Practice of taking over people’s homes should be included in an overhaul of the Modern Slavery Act, say MPs

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide US special: ‘She tried to educate me on why AR-15s aren’t really military-style weapons’

One is anti-abortion and pro-guns. The other is pro-choice and thinks ‘war tools’ shouldn’t be in the hands of the public. Could they agree to disagree?

The Independent UK

Japanese Americans won redress, fight for Black reparations

Japanese American activists in their 70s and 80s are fighting for Black reparations as more U.S. cities take up atonement for slavery and discrimination

The Independent UK

Vote to rid Nev. constitution of slavery moves to '24 ballot

Nevada voters will decide whether to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude as a form of criminal punishment from the state constitution on the 2024 ballot, part of a growing push among some states to scrub outdated, century-old language

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'Abolition Shed' plan to tackle Bristol's slavery history unveiled for historic empty building

The building is currently up for sale

Salon

DeSantis boycotts NBC over question

NBC's Andrea Mitchell said she was "imprecise" in saying DeSantis thinks "slavery should not be taught" in schools

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis won’t speak to MSNBC and NBC until reporter apologises for question about book bans

Comes after Mitchell asked Kamala Harris about the Florida governor’s policies on teaching Black history

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman’s claims modern slavery victims ‘gaming’ system questioned by Home Office’s own stats

Official figures question prime minister and home secretary’s claims migrants are ‘gaming the system’

Chicago Sun-Times

Kennedy-King College gets African American cookbooks

The great-great granddaughter of a man who bought 15 family members out of slavery donated more than 1,700 cookbooks to Kennedy-King College.

The Independent UK

UK’s modern slavery programme at ‘breaking point’ as demand from victims soars

Suspected modern slavery victims are waiting almost a year and a half on average to get a Home Office decision

The Guardian - US

The Lincoln Miracle review: how Republicans chose their great redeemer

As the Republican Party marches right, Edward Achorn’s second book on the 16th president makes instructive reading

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