A leading reparations activist says there is merit in pursuing a variety of legal strategies that might convince U.S. courts that Black people deserve damages for past treatment in the United States. However, Kamm Howard, of the legislative commission of NCOBRA, the national Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, doesnât believe there is anything ânovelâ about the proposal by Dr. Jahi Issa and Reggie Mabry, that reparations activists recognize that slavery was legal in the U.S., and adjust their legal strategy, according. âSlavery was never legal under international norms,â said Howard. âOnly a small number of nations in Europe colluded together and created some rules among themselves on how to engage in these international crimes. Those were rules amongst criminals.â
Slavery is everywhere banned, but the ethos of the slave trade thrives in the baby-buying business.
The illegal slave trade continued right up to the Civil War, requiring US authorities to ârecaptureâ and then expel the human cargo.
Bernie Sanders is slightly more popular among black Democratic voters than white ones.
Teachers in the school district that was supposed to be the model for education reform just rebelledâand won.
Activists keep winding up dead under questionable circumstances, but Black St. Louis is a stressful and violent place.
