Congresswoman Alma Adams

Senate Passes Bill to Create African American Burial Grounds Network

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentJanuary 14, 2021

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation that would better protect historic African American cemeteries. The measure also paves the way for the creation of an African American Burial Grounds Network. “We know that for too long in too many parts of our country, Black families were blocked from burying their loved ones in white cemeteries,” Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) remarked. “These men and women were freed slaves, civil rights champions, veterans, mothers, fathers, workers in communities. We need to act now before these sites are lost to the ravages of time or development,” Brown concluded. Initially introduced in the U.S.

Weapons of War on Our Streets?

Rep. Alma AdamsJune 18, 2020

John Adams and his son, John Quincy, were the only two of our first 12 Presidents who didn’t own slaves.

I mention this for two reasons: first, to demonstrate how the control and devaluation of Black lives formed the foundation of our political thought; and second, to reinforce that Adams may be more qualified than most founding fathers to speak about justice.

He wrote, “we are to look upon it as more beneficial, that many guilty persons should escape unpunished, than one innocent person should suffer.”

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Congresswoman Adams Discusses Maternal Mortality Rates and the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020

Saybin Roberson Contributing WriterApril 9, 2020

Throughout the years Black maternal health has been a topic discussed almost exclusively between Black women, doulas, and doctors. However, with help from several congresswomen, Black maternal health will be accompanied by new and historic legislation.