First, the racial disparities in the justice system put higher proportion of African-Americans at risk for financial sanctions.  ..…

Every former Supreme Court justice was white and of European until Thurgood Marshall, African American justice, was named to the in 1967. ..…

ICC came about and the consensus emerged that if you're committing the worst crimes known to humankind, then you should face justice. In October and November 2016, African countries went step further South Africa, Burundi, and Gambia took action to withdraw from ICC. ..…

Principal Strother suggested that India write about justice and African Americans being killed. ..…

Last I visited Bakala, in the center of Central African Republic where serious fighting between two rebel groups had claimed at least 38 lives. ..…

South Africa's intended withdrawal from ICC represents devastating blow for victims of international crimes across Africa, said Mossaad Mohamed Ali of African Center for Justice and Peace Studies.. ... In July, during AU summit, African ICC members Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria,..…

Arlen Spector told the NAACP's Benjamin Hooks on Friday, 'I would feel more comfortable having someone in that [Supreme Court] conference room that understands the African-American experience.' . Finally, will Justice Thomas be unpredictable? A witness told the Judiciary Committee on..…

Of his 32 appointments to the courts of appeals, he also has been able to locate one African American he considered qualified to serve Justice Thomas.. ... By 1993 six of African Americans sitting on the courts of appeals will be eligible for retirement. ..…

The court's first black justice hired one African American, his goddaughter, Karen Hastie Williams, among the 28 clerks he hired in his first 10 years on the court, author of biography, Thurgood Marshall American Revolutionary... ..…

 Further, Cuba was involved in the movement and the struggle for South Africa, taking on the South African Angola... Cuban internationalists have made contribution to African, freedom and justice, unparalleled for its principled and character, said Nelson Mandela during his..…

AS THE 50th anniversary of his assassination passed February 21, people with a wide range of political views weighed in on Malcolm X's enduring significance for African Americans and the struggle for social justice today. . ..…

These included the push for the firing of Metro Transit officer who beat African American and the fight for the successful of the spitting and lurking laws. Nekima Levy-Pounds, Kemba Smith, Judge Pamela Alexander.. The fellowship is dedicated to enhancing local journalists ability to..…

In mid-1962, that African Americans should be able to have justice under the law and equal employment opportunities. ..…

., Holder continued his efforts to reform the justice system to work better for African- Americans, such as his attempt to reduce minimum sentences and to reform drug sentencing laws that punish Blacks.. ..…

If they could orchestrate a mass African defection, they undoubtedly would, and this could be devastating for international justice. The court’s future now rests to a large extent on the battle being waged between African leaders with little interest in justice and those..…

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While the Chief Justice’s opinion notes that “three men were murdered while working in the area to register African-American voters,” Justice Fortas explained that the murders occurred after the three men had been taken into custody and police officers had taken them to a..…

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Instead, this group tends to be more supportive of Wall Street and business interests, and skeptical of broad-based social justice programs aimed at helping African-Americans and the poor. . ..…

The book is eminently readable and merits careful attention because it accurately describes the twin problems that pervade American criminal justice today—its overall severity and its disparate treatment of African-Americans. . ... The result, Stuntz writes, has been a serious..…

., that led to founding one of the most African- American organizations. The sheriff created ruse to move the men to Bloomington, Ill to provide them some protection. ..…