Before the birth of our nation, people lived according to the station in which they were born. Until our Forefathers defied England’s King, dreams of a better life didn’t exist for most. With a few exceptions you lived the life that your …
Read the entire story here:Black History Month: Harriet Tubman – Champion of Freedom – Washington Times
Black History Month: Harriet Tubman – Champion of Freedom – Washington Times
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President Obama at the 2012 National Prayer Breakfast – Whitehouse.gov (press release)
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Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Jane Addams, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, Abraham Heschel — the majority of great reformers in American history did their work not just because it was sound policy, or they had done good analysis …
Read the entire story here:President Obama at the 2012 National Prayer Breakfast – Whitehouse.gov (press release)
Underground Railroad Freedom Center battling tough times – USA Today
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human trafficking and its abolitionists. The exhibit, which looks at practices that ensnare up to 17 million people globally, has won the center new supporters, among them scholar James Stewart of Macalester College in St. Paul. “These exhibits …
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Canadian held in Gadhafi smuggling probe has been charged – The Vancouver Sun
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Mexican officials confirmed Wednesday Cynthia Vanier and four others were officially charged with human trafficking and participation in organized crime. Early Wednesday, a letter was released wherein Vanier details the abuses and “torture” she says she’s …
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Protecting Civil Rights, Part I: Memphis Agent Seeks Justice for Victims – FBI Press Room (press release)
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Special Agent Tracey Harris is a 13-year veteran of the FBI who specializes in civil rights cases such as hate crimes and human trafficking. But it’s not just her job—it’s her passion. When she transferred back to her native Memphis, Tennessee in …
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USCCB: White House Misrepresents its Own Contraceptive Mandate – CNBC
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The Administration recently denied a human trafficking grant to a Catholic service provider with high objective scores, and gave part of that grant instead to a provider with not just lower, but failing, objective scores, all because the Catholic provider …
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Black History Month: Heroes of the Underground Railroad – Toronto Star
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even the famed U.S. abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, was among those who regularly gave lectures to packed society meetings. That same year also saw Toronto host the North American Convention of Coloured People, at which delegates endorsed a resolution …
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Rick’s Imports Strippers as Indianapolis Readies for Bowl Revels – Businessweek
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It prepared with measures that include as much as $4 million in public-safety spending, a human trafficking law and what boosters say is the nation’s longest temporary zipline. “Hosting the Super Bowl, doing it well, is putting us in front …
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Seoul asks for help to stem sex slavery – Sydney Morning Herald
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THE South Korean government is working with Australian police to crack down on organised-crime gangs bringing women here as sex slaves. The Koreans have met top foreign affairs and immigration officials, along with the Australian Federal Police, to discuss …
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