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Vol. 30, Issue 24 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN June 14–20, 2019
Tribute to Ancestors
Haitian Drum and Dance Ensemble, Imamou Lele,during a choreography at the
30th Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage at Coney Island. see
story on Page 3. Photo by Tangerine Clarke
More laws to protect LGBTQ rights
Myrie said the bills passed
by him and the Senate Majority
will institute the Modern
Family Act, eradicate the socalled
“Gay Panic or Trans
Panic” defense, and constitute
a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender youth and young
adult suicide prevention task
force.
Along with improved demographic
data collection, the
Senate Majority also passed
the New York State Restoration
of Honor Act that will cor-
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NEW
SLAVE
FACTS
CARICOM expands list of
European slave trading nations
By Bert Wilkinson
Caribbean Community governments
said this week that
new research has shown that
several European nations like
Sweden, Switzerland and Russia,
which were not previously
associated with the TransAtlantic
slave trade were in fact
participants and will be included
in any lawsuits or demands
We've Got the Power!
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Senator Zellnor Y.
Myrie, along with the Senate
Democratic Majority, on June
11 passed groundbreaking legislation
to change the lives in
the LGBTQ communities of
New York State.
for reparatory payments going
forward.
The Caribbean Reparations
Commission (CRC) said the latest
research has shown a large
number of European countries
raped Africa of its people and
turned them into slaves in the
Caribbean and Americas. The
result is that letters for repara-
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