A major DNA study has shed new light on the fate of millions of Africans who were traded as slaves to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. Source…
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Florida’s new standards for teaching social studies include throwbacks to an interpretation of slavery as benign or inconsequential. By Calvin Schermerhorn, Professor of History, Arizona State University — If there…
By Pat Kimbrough, The High Point Enterprise, N.C. — The One High Point Commission on Thursday brought its work to substantial completion by unanimously adopting its “Reparations and Reconciliation Report.”…
Local, state, and federal public policies have undoubtedly robbed Black Americans of opportunities to build wealth. By Andre M. Perry and Jordan Fields, Boston Globe — Massachusetts led an embryonic…
Ghana will host a conference for people of African descent in October this year to reflect and push forward the demand for reparations for Africa for the slave trade. By…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC — A one week “Reparations and Racial Healing Study Tour” began here on Monday with Barbados urging countries not to shrink from the requirement of accountability “with…
By Reuters — Representatives from various African and Caribbean entities joined forces at a historic event this week in the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown, to demand reparations for slavery and…
The bill, H.R. 4321, would prohibit the federal government from providing financial assistance to states, local counties, and municipalities that approve reparations laws. By Melissa Noel, Essence — Texas lawmakers…
The opening of the International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., is part of the corrective, generations-long rewriting of American history. By Edward Ball, The Washington Post — Edward Ball…
The city started disbursing reparations payments to locals in 2022, in the form of vouchers for housing, and has since expanded them to include cash. By Chanelle Chandler, Yahoo News…
The tiny island, alongside other Caribbean nations, is expected to request that 10 European countries begin negotiations for reparations. Text by Janell Ross / Bridgetown, Barbados | Photographs by Christopher…
Written By Alex from Libertas Bella — Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. Slavery, regardless of whom is enslaved, is evil in one of its purest forms….
