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2020, Louisiana History
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In 1942, three Black soldiers were accused of raping a White woman on a Louisiana military base. After being sentenced to death following a rushed trial, the NAACP, prompted by calls from the Black press, took over the soldiers' appeal. Led by Thurgood Marshall, the NAACP was eventually successful in saving the men's lives and securing their freedom.
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The call read, in part: "If Mr. Lincoln could revisit this country in the flesh, he would be disheartened and discouraged." It concluded: "Silence under these conditions means tacit approval…. Hence we call upon all the believers in democracy to join in a National Conference for the discussion of present evils, the voicing of protests, and the renewal of the struggle for civil and political liberty."
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How does the NAACP'S 1947 "Appeal to the World" and CRC's 1951 We Charge Genocide appear still to be relevant to contemporary issues of racism suffered by Afro-Americans in the USA in light of Anna Spain's Bradley's argument in "Human Rights Racism, CRT, TWAIL and the continuing failures of International Human Rights law to eradicate racism in the USA?"
1991
The status of African Americans in relationship to the administration of justice has improved since the 1940s. Significantly, however, researchers continue to find racial discrimination and racial disadvantage operating in various aspects of the criminal justice process in numerous jurisdictions. Such findings are unacceptable in a society that claims to honor equal justice under law. This article is reprinted from
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