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The debate on reparations reaches as far back as the eighteenth century. Quakers, who were some of the first abolitionists in the United States, almost unanimously insisted that freed slaves were entitled to compensation from their former owners.
H.R. 40, entitled the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act, is a Congressional reparations study bill that has been introduced by Representatives John Conyers (D-MI) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) to every Congress since 1989.
Reparations for slavery applies the UN reparations framework to the human rights violations of U.S. chattel slavery and its legacies for victims of slavery and/or their descendants. There are concepts for reparations in legal philosophy and reparations in transitional justice. Reparations can take many forms, including practical and financial ...
Kansas City stands as “a shining light of the disparities that exist within Black America,” one local leader said.
After a blockbuster 1,000 page report, California's reparations advocates will have to convert recommendations from its statewide task force into policies — and convincing voters to pay for it.
California's Reparations Task Force is concluding a two-year process to study and gather evidence about the harms of slavery and to recommend reparations to the state Legislature.
A few years later, Dickerson and Callie House would launch their own pension and reparations movement by forming an organization led by and composed of African Americans. The 1900 Nashville City Directory lists the address of the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Application as being located at 903 Church Street in Nashville.
As talk of reparations ripples through the federal and local governments nationwide, Evanston, Ill., has become the first city in the U.S. to put money in the hands of Black residents affected by ...