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At least 2 Navy SEALs facing discipline over racist memes shared on Signal
The Navy is disciplining at least two members of SEAL Team 4 after racist memes were shared in a Signal chat to a Black ...
Racist memes shared by Navy SEALs prompt investigation, disciplinary actions
The two enlisted Team 4 members are being punished for developing racist memes targeting a Black sailor in their platoon and ...
Archaeologist sheds new light on astonishing discovery of wrecked slave ships: 'Stranded on the coast'
Archaeologists are shedding light on the astonishing identification of two 18th-century slave ships off the coast of Central ...
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Long-Lost Slave Ships Found Off Costa Rica’s Coast – The Story They Were Hiding
What were once believed to be pirate shipwrecks have now been definitively identified astwo Danish slave ships that sank in ...
Navy SEALs Face Discipline Over Racist Memes Targeting Black Sailor
According to a defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity, the racist behavior began in 2022 and continued for years.
The lesser-known story of 100K courageous runaway slaves who fled the South via the ‘Blue Highway’
The setting for their flights was what became known as the “Blue Highway,” which ran up and down the Eastern Seaboard and ...
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Locals Thought These Shipwrecks Had Belonged to Pirates. They Turned Out to Be 300-Year-Old Danish Slave Ships
The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off ...
‘Freedom Ship’ Review: Sailing Out of Slavery
An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape bondage. Some fugitives took to the sea.
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Racist memes shared by Navy SEALs prompt investigation, disciplinary actions: AP
Two Navy SEALs are facing disciplinary action for racist conduct, and several of their platoon and team leaders are being disciplined for leadership failures, a defense official told AP.