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The House on Tuesday acknowledged the use of African-American slaves in the construction of the U.S. Capitol, ordering officials to place a marker inside the new Capitol Visitor Center using some of the original stone quarried by those slaves for the historic building.
Police have rescued 10 South Korean women who were forced to work in a Sydney brothel by a sex slavery syndicate that lured them to Australia with promises of legitimate jobs, officials said Friday.
The House on Tuesday agreed to name the largest room in the new Capitol Visitor Center in honor of the slaves who helped build the U.S. Capitol. Under the measure, the room would be called Emancipation Hall.
Tours, exhibits and commemorative plaques in the Capitol should recognize the contributions of slaves in constructing Congress' home, experts told a House committee Wednesday.
Archaeologists unearthing the remains of George Washington's presidential home have discovered a hidden passageway used by his nine slaves, raising questions about whether the ruins should be incorporated into a new exhibit at the site.
Evidence submitted to the post-World War II trials of Japanese war criminals shows Japan's military forced Asian women into sexual slavery during the war, historians said Tuesday, citing newly unearthed documents.
The Japanese government has found no evidence that the military or the government forced women to work in World War II military brothels, the Cabinet said in a statement to a lawmaker Friday.
Under intense pressure from Asia and the United States, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that ruling party lawmakers will conduct a fresh investigation into the Japanese military's forced sexual slavery of women during World War II.
Japan will not apologize again for its World War II military brothels, even if the U.S. Congress passes a resolution demanding it, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament Monday.
Japan will not apologize again for its World War II military brothels, even if the U.S. Congress passes a resolution demanding it to do so, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament Monday.
From time eternal people were used as slaves, one man owned another man. Then in 1776 a document was created stating that all men were created equal. Several years later a war was waged to make this dream a reality, and a few years later it was refought to insure it survival.
Traditional Rulers Urged to Apologise On Slave TradeFollowing the resolution of the US Senate on June 18, formally apologising for fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and the noticeable attempts by some heads of governments, and global opinion leaders to wash off the blights and stains regarding the …
Immigrants to get 100,000 kroner incentive to leave DenmarkThe Danish People's Party (DF) has strengthened its immigration stance by securing an agreement to pay 'anti-social' foreigners 100,000 kroner to leave Denmark.
Do these Companies and Liberal Blogs Support the Prostitution of Children?When Glenn Beck started to expose the criminal enterprise that is ACORN, SEIU and the Obama Czars, people across this country started to sit up and take notice of the extremists they unknowingly elected in the hope that there would be real change; less government, less taxes, les …
t r u t h o u t | There Are More Slaves Today Than at Any Time in Human HistoryThe world suffers global recession, enormous inequity, hunger, deforestation, pollution, climate change, nuclear weapons, terrorism, etc.
Oh, to be Black and In the GOPIt must really suck to be an African-American in the GOP these days. Not because of your values or beliefs or core ideology.
Senate Slavery Apology :: Walter E. WilliamsLast month, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Senate Resolution 26 "Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans." The resolution ends with: "Disclaimer.
Rep. Steve King only one to vote against recognizing slave labor's construction of U.S. Capitol.excerpt: ""Rep. Steve King (R-IA) was the only congressman to vote against a resolution yesterday that acknowledges the role that slaves played in the construction of the U.S. Capitol Building, reports Ryan Grim of the Huffington Post.
Frederick Douglass Condemned Slaveholders On 4th Of JulyA full century-and-a-half before President Barack Obama began mesmerizing the country with his moving oratory, another Black man gave what some call his greatest speech.
Obama says Juneteenth a 'chance to reflect'President Obama and other leaders asked the nation to reflect on Juneteenth, one of the nation's unofficial holidays that started in Texas but is now observed throughout the nation.
Obama's Southern Problem—And Ours"The New South," wrote journalist Robert Scheer in the 1970s, "is the Old South with air conditioning." Unfortunately, even 30 years of central home air hasn't cooled the white heat of the South.
Romanians being treated like slaves in FranceRomanian workers have been treated like slaves after being hired to work on strawberry plantations in France.
A Growing Appreciation for LincolnI would imagine most people think that American blacks would have a profound sense of gratitude for the 16th President whose signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, freed slaves south of the Mason-Dixon line.
www.dcexaminer.com >> Local NewsWe're taking back our country by living by our principles.
Child Maid Trafficking Spreads to USThe trafficking of children for domestic labor in the U.S. is an extension of an illegal but common practice in Africa. Families in remote villages send their daughters to work in cities for extra money and the opportunity to escape a dead-end life.
Darfur civilians 'seized as slaves by Sudan military'Many were kidnapped as mounted gunmen from the feared Janjaweed militia swept through their villages and were then marched to military camps where they were repeatedly raped, forced to prepare food, clean fighters' homes or work in their fields.
Symbolism's long presidential historyGeorge Washington practices political symbolism in 1789.
From One White House To Another -- 145 Years Ago, Michelle Obama's Great-Great Grandfather Was A Slave Living In A Whitewashed Shack on a South Carolina PlantationTiny wooden cabins line the dirt road once known as Slave Street as it winds its way through Friendfield Plantation.
President Elect Obama said that this is not a country of red states or blue states, it is THE UNITED STATES....I agree with him on principle.
109-Year-Old Slave Descendant Votes for ObamaMrs. Amanda Jones, who is the 109 year old daughter of a slave, has cast her vote for Barack Obama.
Some of McCain's Black Relatives Support ObamaIn the rural Teoc community of Carroll County, Miss., where the ancestors of Sen. John McCain owned enslaved Africans on a plantation, black, white and mixed-race family members unite every two years for their Coming Home Reunion, on the land where the plantation operated.
McCain is not a bigot, but he is tolerant of bigots. Anyone who does not like Obama because of his skin color would not be for him for political reasons, so the bigotry factor is not really gonna cost the Democrats any votes... all the bigots are already Republican.
McCain's Ancestors Owned Slaveswhat McCain didn't know about his family until Tuesday was that William Alexander McCain had owned 52 slaves.
Lincoln Statue About to Be Cast in Bronze - Memorial to Be Centerpiece of Waterfront Park Excerpt from article: One bas-relief station will depict Lincoln's boyhood, another will focus on his Kentucky connections, a third will show how the Civil War and slavery divided Lincoln's family.
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