2nd Jacob Lawrence painting missing for 6 decades located
The locations of three other missing panels remain unknown. (The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Peabody Essex Museum via AP)SALEM, Mass. The Salem-based Peabody Essex Museum organized the exhibit. AdThe 12-inch-by-16-inch (30.5-centimeter-by-40.5-centimeter) panel was found in a New York City apartment, like another painting in the series, panel 16, that was rediscovered in a different home in October. The owner, who wants to remain anonymous, inherited the panel 28 from family, who โ like the figures depicted โ were immigrants.
Racial profiling by French police challenged in class action
The issue of racial profiling has festered for years. Prime Minister Jean Castex and Franceโs interior and justice ministers were served formal legal notice of the demands in a 145-page document including witness accounts, studies, and demands to ensure there's no racial profiling in police checks. "No, police are not discriminating and no, the police don't do racial profiling,โ Gaudon added. Video of a recent incident posted online drew a response from President Emmanuel Macron, who called racial profiling โunbearable.โPolice representatives say officers themselves feel under attack when they show up in suburban housing projects. ___Follow all AP stories about racial profiling at https://apnews.com/Racialinjustice.
โNew Detroitโ non profit has declaration of war against racism, and you can sign it
For more than five decades this non profit has been in the fight against racism, and you can join in with a simple signature. Itโs a declaration of war against racism created by the local non profit New Detroit. โNew Detroit is a coalition of leaders working to achieve racial understanding and racial equity among southeast Michigan,โ said Rafferty, the CEO of New Detroit. Iโve experienced going into stores and being obviously and negatively profiled,โ he said. New Detroit exists not just to fight racism, but systemic racism and getting to the root of the issue, not just the symptoms.
Iran strikes defiant tone at UN under crushing US sanctions
The sanctions effectively bar Iran from selling its oil globally. โThe United States can impose neither negotiations nor war on us,โ Rouhani said, adding: โLife is hard under sanctions. Because Trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement, few U.N. member states believe the U.S. has the legal standing to restore the sanctions. Iran has steadily broken restrictions on the amount of uranium it can enrich in order to pressure countries to do more. It was his last speech to the U.N. assembly as president of Iran.
IOC apologizes, deletes tweet about 1936 Berlin Olympics
GENEVA The IOC apologized on Friday and deleted a Twitter message which some saw as celebrating Nazi Germanys hosting of the 1936 Olympics. We apologize to those who feel offended by the film of the Olympic Games Berlin 1936, the IOC wrote on Friday. The official museum at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp added its reply to the IOC in the message thread on Friday. Owens taught a resounding lesson to the Nazi regime, shattering its despicable fascist claims of racial superiority, the IOC wrote on Friday. Brundage, the IOC president for 20 years until 1972, has long been criticized for racist views and being a Nazi sympathizer at the Berlin Olympics where he led the United States team.
WATCH: Black fathers speak candidly about talking to sons about racism in America
DETROIT โ Three Black fathers who are raising Black or biracial children in America spoke candidly about teaching their son to try to avoid racism and, quite frankly, just survive. All of the dads have incredible hope when it comes to social justice. He shared why heโs optimistic that things will get better in our countryโs fight against racism. He, along with local musician Herb Harris Junior and Lucas Hagerty, are all raising Black or biracial sons. โI want to model that for them.โMore: โSpirit of Detroit: Fulfilling the Dreamโ SpecialExtended cut: Evrod Cassimy talks with fathers on raising Black sons in AmericaSpecial Section: Spirit Of Detroit Fulfilling The Dream