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Descendants Of Slaves Sold To Save Georgetown University Want Restitution
Jesuit priests sold slaves, 180 years ago, to save Georgetown University from financial ruin, now a group of the slaves de- scendants is calling for restitu- tion.
The university’s president has apologized for the sale, and the school has taken steps to make amends. But George- town owes its existence to the money made from the sale of 272 enslaved people, argues Georgia Goslee, lead counsel for the GU272 Isaac Hawkins Legacy group.
According to the Washing- ton Post, Atty. Goslee de- clined last Wednesday at a news conference to name the amount the group proposed to
Georgetown University has a very large endowment.
the university in June, but said her clients “do not believe Georgetown has fully atoned
for the wealth it unjustly accu- mulated off the back of unpaid slave labor.”
Actress Lupita Nyong’o Is Writing A Children’s Book
Oscar winner Lupita Ny- ong’o joins the growing list of celebrity children’s lit authors, as The New York Times reports the Star Wars: The Last Jedi actress has a book due out in 2019.
Nyong’o, who shared the announcement via her own so- cial media channels, is writing a book titled Sulwe (translated from Luo, it means “ ar,” which sounds about right) with an empowering message for young girls.
The book follows a 5-year- old Kenya girl who feels “un- comfortable” about the fact that her skin is darker than anyone else’s in her family, so she tries to figure out how to lighten it.
But as the story goes on, she learns to “see beauty differ- ently.” The Queen Of Katwe star says reading with her mother helped teach her to embrace her complexion, which is one of the reasons she
Oscar-winning
Lupita Nyong’o is now a chil- dren’s book author.
wanted to write the book. She’s promoted more inclusive no- tions of beauty for much of her career.
The book is said to be about perceptions of beauty and self- love, and is expected to be in stores next January.
actress
She Thought Posting Her Hate Was ‘Ok’ Until She Got Booted From College And Sorority
TUSCALOOSA, AL—- A University of Alabama stu- dent who posted videos to so- cial media in which she repeatedly used the n-word and other profanities apolo- gized last Wednesday and has been expelled from the university after they viewed her video.
Harley Barber, 19, told the New York Post she was heading back home to New Jersey after being kicked out of school.
Barber said, "I feel hor- rible. ”I feel so, so bad and I am so sorry.”
Barber was also kicked out of her sorority last Tues- day, the executive director of Alpha Phi International told AL.com.
In Barber’s first video, she says, “We do not waste water.” “We don’t waste
water because of people in Syria. I love how I act like I love black people because I f–king hate n—–s. So, that’s really interesting — I f—king hate n—–s, but I just saved the f–king n—–s by shutting that water off.”
In a second video, Barber seemingly addresses a grow- ing backlash to her first video and comments left on her “finsta,” or fake Instagram account.
“I’ve wanted to be in Alpha Phi since f–king high school and nobody f—king under- stands how much I love Alpha Phi,” Barber says, staring directly at the cam- era. “And now someone wants to save my finsta be- cause I said n—-r? You know what? N—-r, n—-r, n—-r. I don’t care if it’s Martin Luther King Day.”
Baltimore Mayor Fires Police Commissioner After Homicides Skyrocket
Following a record year in homicides, Baltimore’s mayor fired the city’s police commissioner, saying Friday that a change in leadership was needed to reduce crime more quickly.
Deputy Commis- sioner Darryl DeSousa, a 30-year veteran of the force, will take Commissioner Kevin Davis’ place immedi- ately, Mayor Catherine Pugh announced.
“My decision is because I’m inpatient,” Pugh said at a news conference. “My deci- sion is based on the fact that we need to get these numbers down. ... I’m looking for new and creative, innovative ways to change what we’re seeing here every day.”
Although the population of Baltimore has decreased to about 615,000, the violent crime rates have been notori-
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh introduces new Police Com- missioner, 30-year vet, Darryl DeSousa on Friday after firing Comm. Kevin Davis.
ously high for decades. Baltimore ended 2017 with 343 killings, bringing the an- nual homicide rate to its highest ever — roughly 56
killings per 100,000 people. DeSousa, a 53-year-old city resident who joined the department in 1988, pledged to fight violent crime by put- ting more officers on the streets, an effort he said is al-
ready underway.
Additional uniformed offi-
cers began rolling out at 9 a.m. as part of a new initia- tive, he said at the news con- ference.
DeSousa said he had a message for the violent re- peat offenders, the “trigger pullers” who “plague the city.” “We’re coming after them,” he said.
Haley Barber took to social media to express how much she hated n****ers. She got expelled from the University of Alabama and her beloved sorority Alpha Phi.
Remains Of Man Missing Since April After Online Date Identified
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, MD —- A missing Maryland man’s remains have been identified after being found last fall in Prince George’s County. The 22-year- old man went missing after he went to meet a woman he met online for a date.
Marty William McMil- lan Jr. was last seen on April 22, 2017, before leaving to go on a date with a woman he met on the dating site Plenty of Fish. Friends and family never heard from him again.
McMillan Jr. had just begun a new job as an electri-
Marty McMillan, Jr., went on a date in April 2017 and van- ished.
cian and he had a new 2003
Volkswagen Passat that his grandmother had recently pur- chased for him.
On what would have been his 23rd birthday, October 30, the missing Maryland man’s remains were discovered on the eastbound side of the Suit- land Parkway, between Inter- state 495 and the ramp to the north gate of Joint Base An- drews. They were not identi- fied until now.
The missing Maryland man’s cause of death was multiple gunshots and police are inves- tigating the death as a homi- cide.
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