Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were…
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According to the New York Law Journal, there have been 266 documented DNA exonerations nationwide, since DNA was first used over 20 years ago to exonerate innocent persons. In 2009, a Justice Task Force was created by Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York, to help address…
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I am a New York State licensed attorney with a multidisciplinary background in U.S. civil rights law, international human rights law, non-profit management, public policy, economics and international development. My litigation experience has centered on civil rights claims brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting…
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Recommended Reading The Revolution Will Not Be Funded Sixth Extinction Silent Spring The New Jim Crow Considering Hate Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the U.S. Angela Y. Davis Reader Angela Davis: Are Prisons Obsolete? Deborah Gray White: Jezebel and Mammy: Mythology of Female Slavery, in Ar’n’t I a Woman? Bell Hooks: Sexism […]
