The late Iqbal Masih was sold into bonded labour. He managed to escape, helped free 3000 children, and raised awareness before being murdered at the age of 12. https://www.quora.com/ He may have died at a very young age. But he reminds me of Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Mohandas Ghandi and others who sought to…… Continue reading Remembering The 12 Year Old Iqbal Masih, Breaker Of Chains
Category: Human Rights
How A Rejected Woman Became A Landowner
This is a real-life inspiring story about how a rejected woman was able to aqcuire land and build her own house in very challenging circumstances. Read all about it
George Floyd: Witnesses Express Regret
Witnesses are saying things they believe if they had done, George Floyd would not have been killed by policeman Chauvin. One called the police on the police. The shop cashier also expressed his own regret. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56581401
1957 Video: Boniface Offokaja’s Contribution To The Civil Rights Struggle
When Boniface Offokaja represented Nigeria at the World Youth Forum in 1957, he was only 16 years. But his words carried the weight of an adult determined to tear down the wall of segregation in 1950s America. He used the opportunity granted to him by Herald Tribune to boldly speak out against discrimination of Afro…… Continue reading 1957 Video: Boniface Offokaja’s Contribution To The Civil Rights Struggle
Leave The Black Man Alone – Frederick Douglass
“[I]n regard to the colored people, there is always more that is benevolent, I perceive, than just, manifested towards us. What I ask for the negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. The American people have always been anxious to know what they shall do with us. . . . I…… Continue reading Leave The Black Man Alone – Frederick Douglass