71 Years After Brown v. Board, Activists Launch Bold Legal and Legislative Action to End American Apartheid at its Source
Boston, MA — As the nation marks the 71st anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision that ended legalized school segregation, Universal Human Rights International (UHRI) and The Free Liberia Movement are calling for deeper justice — by uprooting the source of codified racism in America and its exported systems in Germany and apartheid South Africa.
At a press conference on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 12:00 Noon in Nubian Square, civil rights activists, legal experts, and Liberian-American leaders will announce the filing of a bipartisan bill in Congress and a federal lawsuit demanding recognition of birthright U.S. citizenship for descendants of Black Americans exiled to Liberia beginning in 1820 — the victims of America’s original racial caste laws, dating back to the 1790 Naturalization Act.
“Brown v. Board was a milestone,” said Rev. Torli H. Krua, founder of the Free Liberia Movement. “But the roots of racial injustice lie in the laws that denied Black people citizenship in the first place — and those roots were never removed. We’re demanding Congress and the courts do that now.”
Key demands include:
- Birthright Citizenship for Americans exiled under colonization.
- Emergency Relief for 3,000 Liberians denied refugee status in the U.S.
- A Path to Reparations for the descendants of those exiled and enslaved.
- Official U.S. Acknowledgment of its ongoing role in colonizing Liberia.
The event also comes as the first plane of refugees from apartheid regimes is welcomed to the United States, symbolizing a new chapter of solidarity — and a reckoning with America’s unfinished work of justice.