RESTITUTION STUDY GROUP - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/64788.xml RESTITUTION STUDY GROUP - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Gambian 9th Roots Festival Commemorates Enslaved Africans http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb989274.htm Today descendants of enslaved Africans begin a week-long pilgramage through The Gambia in memory of their enslaved ancestors. The journey is part of the "9th International Roots Festival" which opened in the Gambia on Saturday May 31, 2008 with a carnival of jubilant ethnic groups sharing their cultural heritage through song and dance. The festival ends on June 7, 2008. (PRWeb Jun 2, 2008)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb989274.htm Slavery Reparations Gets Day in Court - September 27, 2006 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb435638.htm Oral arguments in the landmark slavery reparations cases against corporations will take place on September 27, 2006, 9:30 a.m., in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, at 219 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois. (PRWeb Sep 12, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb435638.htm Slavery Reparations Group Names Tribune Museum http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb376162.htm The Restitution Study Group, a New York City non-profit engaged in the struggle for slavery reparations, won the distinction of naming the nation's first museum dedicated to freedom and the First Amendment. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. The museum, named the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, celebrated its public grand opening on Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at 1 p.m. It is located in the heart of Chicago, Ill., at 445 North Michigan Avenue along the Magnificent Mile. (PRWeb Apr 24, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb376162.htm Harlem Launching of Queen Mother Coffee http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb355866.htm On the United Nation's International Women's Day (declared and celebrated globally), Wednesday, March 8, 2006, the world renowned Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely, Community Mayor of Harlem carrying the legacy of of Queen Mother Moore, and other women of Harlem, will be launching "Queen Mother Coffee" -- an exclusive brand of organic Ethiopian coffee blended with cardamom and cinnamon. The launching will take place in Harlem at the Uptown Juice Bar located at 54 West 125th Street (between Lenox and 5th Avenue) from,10am to 12 noon (est). (PRWeb Mar 8, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb355866.htm Black History Month Effort Supports Young Doctor for Nobel Prize http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb340767.htm For Black History Month 2006, the Organization of Tribal Unity is commencing a world-wide effort to generate support for the nomination of Dr. Rick Kittles of Ohio State University for the Nobel Prize. (PRWeb Feb 2, 2006)

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