Our Shared Struggle: The International Imperative for Repair The African Diaspora has a shared struggle to live free from violence and colonization. Centuries of unrelenting exploitation and harm require a…
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Lloyd’s of London and Church of England also to be approached over role in past exploitation. By Donna Ferguson, The Guardian — Caribbean nations are preparing formal letters demanding that…
Caribbean activists helped make reparations a mainstream concept. Now they hope ex-colonial powers will commit to paying, even if it’s not the trillions of dollars slavery is estimated to have…
Reparations advocates urge President Joe Biden to act on HR-40 - Warn Black vote may be in jeopardy On August 25th, the eve of the Rally and March commemorating the...
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Patrick Robinson says reparation for transatlantic slavery ‘is required by history and is required by law’. By Aamna Mohdin, The Guardian — A leading judge at the international court of…
Originally published by The Guardian, June 17, 2020. Firms will make payments to benefit the BAME community and promote diversity. By Kevin Rawlinson — Two major British firms have pledged…
“It’s about PR. It’s not actually dealing with the problem.” By Linda Givetash, NBC News — Too little, too late? As a number of British institutions and corporations respond to Black…
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…
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…
