In 2012 in upstate New York, Svante Myrick, an ambitious 24-year-old who had spent his early childhood in a homeless shelter, became the youngest mayor of Ithaca and the first black man to hold the
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- Haringey’s Black Boy Lane could be renamed due to racism links | Enfield Independent November 27, 2021Councillors have agreed to speed up the process of changing a street name that has been linked to racism. Haringey Council will hold a further consultation with residents of Black Boy Lane in West Green before a final decision on whether to rename the street ‘La Rose Lane’, in honour of writer John La Rose, […]News Headlines
- Black pastors protest racism, gather to support Arbery family – Workers World November 27, 2021Atlanta In the town of Brunswick, Georgia, Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryant, are on trial for the racist murder of unarmed 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020. Arbery was chased and gunned down as he jogged past their Satilla Shores homes. Pastors, activists demonstrate in Brunswick, Georgia, […]News Headlines
