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The Jim Crow Era
In 1877, the newly inaugurated President Rutherford B. Hayes removed the last armed troops from the former Confederate States of America. Since the end of the war, military outposts had been placed throughout…
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Benign Neglect: How Policies Latch on to Black American Suffering
“Benign neglect” is a term that was initially proposed as a policy approach in 1970, suggesting that the best way to address racial issues was through minimal intervention. This concept,…
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Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups
As Americans celebrate Juneteenth, legislation for a commission to study reparations for harms resulting from the enslavement of nearly 4 million people has languished in Congress for more than 30…
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Why we need reparations for Black Americans
Central to the idea of the American Dream lies an assumption that we all have an equal opportunity to generate the kind of wealth that brings meaning to the words…
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Reparations movement gains momentum at national symposium in Evanston
Approximately 250 leaders, advocates and supporters from across the United States gathered in Evanston, Illinois, for the 4th Annual National Symposium for State and Local Reparations. This three-day event, held…
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Confronting Slavery’s Legacy: The Reparations Question
As we have seen , the quest for retrospective justice is a global phenomenon, with a host of different groups proffering claims for some form of acknowledgment or material consideration for…
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Historical Context: Facts about the Slave Trade and Slavery
by Steven Mintz TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE VOYAGES Over the period of the Atlantic Slave Trade, from approximately 1526 to 1867, some 12.5 million captured men, women, and children were put on…
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1898 Wilmington Coup
What traditionally has been termed a “race riot” has also been called a massacre, rebellion, revolt, race war, and coup d’etat. The events of November 10, 1898, in Wilmington constitute…
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Reparations Now! Who Shall Pay Reparations for Our Souls?
This year at Community Renewal Society’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Faith in Action Assembly, we launched our work centered on reparations. We invited our member congregations and all joining…
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What Is the Residual Impact of Slavery on African American Mental Health?
By Karuna Meda We may be five to six generations removed from the horrors of slavery, but the trauma of enslavement has been carried by African Americans through the ages….
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Slave-built infrastructure still creates wealth in US, suggesting reparations should cover past harms and current value of slavery
American cities from Atlanta to New York City still use buildings, roads, ports and rail lines built by enslaved people. The fact that centuries-old relics of slavery still support the…
