The harm caused by transatlantic chattel slavery is vast, and its repercussions continue to resonate in the lives of the descendants of the enslaved. Scholars have long worked to document,…
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More than 200 people rallied outside San Francisco’s City Hall to urge supervisors to act on reparations for Black residents. By Janie Har, AP — Reparations advocates urged San Francisco…
Georgetown University and the Jesuits have made a $27 million pledge to the descendants of enslaved people sold to fund the school. By Iman Milner, Black Enterprise — Georgetown University…
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…
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…
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