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Month: May 2021

‘This gives us hope.’ George Floyd’s family praises federal indictment of 4 former police officers

Members of George Floyd’s family on Saturday praised the news that four former Minneapolis police officers will face federal charges in connection to his death, saying they were “very grateful.” Floyd’s nephew Brandon Williams said during a news conference held not far from the Houston apartments where his uncle grew up that the indictments “meant

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Louisiana unveils civil rights markers honoring the courage of activists and the places they organized and boycotted for change

“Courage over oppression” is the message the Louisiana Office of Tourism is pressing into with the installation of historical markers memorializing significant locations that were crucial to the Civil Rights Movement around the state. Similar to the US project of the same name, the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail already has the first three markers in

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