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The Evanston Reparations Committee has announced the selection event for reparations for the descendants of those who experienced racially discriminatory housing practices in Evanston over the decades. The selection process to determine the funding disbursement order will be held in the Evanston Township High School auditorium on Jan. 11 starting at 5:30 p.m. Letters will be sent to those who ...
Evanston resident Cheryl Henry attended Thursday’s Reparations Committee meeting to understand how she could receive payments from the city. “This is the first time I’ve actually come in and I want to really understand what’s going on,” Henry said. Henry was one of about 20 attendees gathered at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center to...
Chris Daigle issues statement announcing his candidacy for Iberville Parish president.
(FRONT PAGE AFRICA) -- Nearly 160 years after hundreds of Barbadians travelled and settled in Liberia, a group of diaspora and home-based Liberians are preparing for a historic pilgrimage to the Caribbean island bearing significant historical ties to Liberia. Under the umbrella of The SANKOFA PILGRIMAGE TO BARBADOS, the trip is being organised by Ambassador Llewellyn Witherspoon in collaboration with the
Monrovia – Nearly 160 years after hundreds of Barbadians traveled and settled in Liberia, a group of diaspora and home-based Liberians are preparing for a historic pilgrimage to the Caribbean island bearing significant historical ties to Liberia. The