An abandoned home near Chicago’s South Side, was the unlikely hiding place for an important piece of black history — the papers of Richard Theodore Greener, Harvard’s first African-American alumnus.
Known as the ‘Trail of Tears,’ some 4,000 Indians died in 1838 during the forced march. ‘And our ancestors carried the baggage,’ said Marilyn Vann, the Freedman leader.
Organized in 1925, today the National Bar Association is the nation’s oldest and largest national network of predominately African American attorneys.
Cardiff Marine, Inc., a Liberian-registered shipping company, was sentenced to a $2.4 million fine and 3 years probation under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
Patricia J. Williams is an American legal scholar and a proponent of critical race theory, a school of legal thought that emphasizes race as a fundamental determinant of the American legal system.
Apart from the financial market regulatory reforms, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act imposes on many manufacturers new requirements relating to “conflict minerals.”
The International Cooperation on Cosmetic Regulation (“ICCR”) held its third annual meeting (“ICCR-3”) September 9-11, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan and focused on a number of topics.
Lacey Act amendments expand its protections to include any wild member of the plant kingdom (including trees from natural or planted forest stands), and any products made thereof.
The U.S. Senate passes legislation that expanded Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and public disclosure obligations for a range of companies using certain “conflict minerals” and their derivatives.
The Agency will focus on preventative measures that will reduce the incidence of community exposure to pollutants and help further the EPA’s goal of achieving environmental justice.