Bull’s Eyes
The Ongoing Search for Long Overdue Justice in Old Civil Rights Cases- Justice Comes Late for the Powerless…
Journalist Honored for Civil Rights Coverage…
- Ray Killen – An ex-Klansmen was finally tried and found guilty for a 1964 murder of three civil rights workers
Killen Freed on $600,000 bond While on Appeals…
The Shocking Emmett Till Case Gets Revisited
About the Emmett Till Case…
How did a 50-year old case get reopened?…
Tolerance.org’s Annual School Event “Mix It Up at Lunch” Goes International
Wachovia & JP Morgan Chase Apologize for Their History in Slave Commerce and Extend an Olive Branch to African Americans
- A Chicago ordinance required companies doing business in the city to research their records and reveal if they have ties to slavery. This has forced a few banks to release records detailing company links.
Charlotte, N.C.–based Wachovia, the fourth largest bank in the United States announced that two of its predecessor companies either owned slaves or held slaves as collateral. In January, JPMorgan Chase also found links. Two of JPMorgan Chase's predecessor banks had received 21,000 slaves as collateral on loans prior to start of the Civil War.
In addition to releasing an apology, JPMorgan Chase set aside $5 million in a scholarship fund for black students in Louisiana, the state in which the predecessor banks were based.
Banks Apologize for Slave History on Diversityinc.com…