Wade Henderson
@wade4justice
Civil rights lawyer. Human rights activist. Former president of The Leadership Conference, @civilrightsorg. (Ret.) Rauh Professor at @UDCLaw. Tweets my own.
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http://www.civilrights.org 10-04-2013 16:54:33
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National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars. “The Scourged Back” shows the scarred back of escaped slave Peter Gordon in Louisiana, 1863. We know slavery is an inconvenient truth for Trump, but removing the photo won’t erase a painful reality. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
Tonight, Congress will vote to lower the age to prosecute minors as adults from 16 down to 14 in DC. Let me get this straight: Congress wants to prosecute 14 yr. olds as adults, but they don’t want to prosecute adults who sexually abuse 14 year olds? Release the Epstein files.
This is incredibly stupid! Universities are the foundation of our internationally recognized intellectual capital. Diseases don’t cure themselves. Where is the scientific community speaking out collectively in protest of Trump’s shortsighted idiocy? #Help! washingtonpost.com/education/inte…
Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. This statement is required reading, particularly in the US Senate. Six former Surgeon Generals speak to the nation with unprecedented clarity. We must take this seriously. #ANationAtRisk washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…