On an elegant residential block in Brooklyn Heights stands what once may have been the most famous church in America. Plymouth Church, on Orange Street, was founded in 1847 with just twenty-one members. The New York businessmen who established the church, practicing Congregationalists, wanted it to grow, so they offered the job of minister to … Read more
“Without them, we would not have the education and everything else,” said Lloyd Dong Jr, an 81-year-old American Chinese man living in California, US. Almost 90 years ago, in 1939, the Dong family were denied accommodation from estate agents and landlords due to racially restrictive housing laws that prioritised renting out and selling properties to … Read more
January brings with it a time for resolutions, and GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley might want to put this one at the top of her list: come up with much better answers to questions about the Civil War. Haley came under fire last month when she said the US Civil War was over “the role of government … Read more
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday took a swipe at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, saying those who have accepted “slavery” should not comment on MVA leaders. Raut’s remarks come a day after Pawar, who heads the Nationalist Congress Party faction, dubbed the former a “nonentity”. “Those who chose slavery…those who are … Read more
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley retreated on Thursday from an answer she gave during a presidential town hall in New Hampshire a day earlier, in which she did not mention slavery when asked about the cause of the US Civil War. “Of course, the Civil War was about slavery, that’s the easy part,” Haley … Read more
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Thursday sought to clean up controversial remarks in which she failed to mention slavery as the cause of the Civil War. “Of course the Civil War was about slavery,” Haley said in a New Hampshire radio interview on Thursday morning. “We know that. That’s the easy part of it. … Read more
Gov. Hochul signs legislation to create slavery reparations commission Gov. Hochul signs legislation to create slavery reparations commission 02:21 NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed historic racial justice legislation on Tuesday, creating a committee to consider reparations for slavery. The new law authorizes the creation of a community commission that will study the history of … Read more
