Lengthy earlier than there was a settlement with the household of Henrietta Lacks, her solely dwelling son was speaking to anyone about how medical scientists stole his mom’s most cancers cells and netted thousands and thousands. Though a New York writer wrote a best-selling guide and Oprah made a film, Lawrence Lacks and his son […]
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Six A long time after MLK’s Historic Speech, Report Exhibits Black Financial Equality is ‘Nonetheless a Dream’
Sixty years after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in the course of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a groundbreaking new report has laid naked the stark fact of ongoing Black financial inequality in the US. Titled “STILL A DREAM: Over 500 Years […]
Tulsa Race Bloodbath Survivors Search Reversal of Dismissal in Historic Courtroom Enchantment
Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher and Hughes Van Ellis Sr., the final three recognized survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race bloodbath, have continued their pursuit of justice. They’ve appealed to the Oklahoma Supreme Courtroom, urging a swift reversal of Tulsa County District Choose Caroline Wall’s controversial dismissal of their lawsuit. At a press convention held […]