Rep. Al Green, who lost his Democratic primary runoff earlier this year after redistricting pitted him against a fellow Houston incumbent, is pushing for the creation of a new annual observance called Slavery Remembrance Day, set for Aug. 20 each year. The date points back to 1619, when the first recorded group of enslaved Africans […]

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