The Lift Every Voice Campaign Against Global Racism has called for a peaceful assembly to take place in front of the US Embassy on April 23rd, 2011. The gathering will be a ceremony of remembrance for the 30 million African men, women and children carried away to foreign lands as slaves in the Diaspora. The demonstration is also intended to voice support for reparations from the nations that participated in and/or profited from the Transatlantic Slave Trade. A letter outlining these points will be delivered to the U.S. Ambassador in Thailand.
"In all likelihood, I'll be the only person standing in front of the US Embassy on April 23, 2011. I think too many black people have become complacent with the status quo. I'm happy someone--mostly young people--finally said let's make some noise 'cause there's plenty of reason to be upset about the way things are for black people globally," said Lift Every Voice Against Global Racism Campaign organizer, Ivory Simone, a Bangkok based poet and author.You need to be a member of Blacksciencefictionsociety to add comments!
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