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Amsterdam Mayor Apologizes for City Fathers' Role in Slavery Published: 01 July 2021 AMSTERDAM (AP) — The mayor of Amsterdam apologized Thursday for the extensive involvement of the Dutch capital's former governors in the global slave trade, saying the moment had come for the city to confront its grim history. Debate about the role of Amsterdam’s city fathers in the slave trade has been going on for years, but it has gained more attention amid the global reckoning with racial injustice that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “It is time to engrave the great injustice...

Amsterdam Mayor Apologizes for City Fathers' Role in Slavery Published: 01 July 2021 AMSTERDAM (AP) — The mayor of Amsterdam apologized Thursday for the extensive involvement of the Dutch capital's former governors in the global slave trade, saying the moment had come for the city to confront its grim history. Debate about the role of Amsterdam’s city fathers in the slave trade has been going on for years, but it has gained more attention amid the global reckoning with racial injustice that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “It is time to engrave the great injustice...

De Amerikaanse president Joe Biden heeft donderdag een wetsvoorstel ondertekend waarmee 19 juni, oftewel 'Juneteenth', officieel een nationale feestdag wordt in de Verenigde Staten. Waar staat deze dag voor?