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JTA making strides in recovering ‘fraud assets’

Western Bureau: Byron Farquharson, director general of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), says the pressure of COVID-19 has delayed the transfer of the association’s real estate properties, which were acquired through a multimillion-dollar...

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12

1967

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27

1991

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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13

1940

1st Black Supreme Court Justice

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2

1975

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Attorney General Raoul applauds U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortions | The Crusader Newspaper Group

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Jun

28

1978

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) Releases New Report on the Reconstruction Era / Video

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Zora Neale Hurston’s Letter to the Orlando Sentinel, 1955

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1955

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Jun

30

1958

The Dred Scott decision.

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1857

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