Some 500 enslaved people revolted in Louisiana but were largely ignored by history. Two centuries later, an ambitious re-enactment brings their uprising back to life. By Rick Rojas, The New…
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To truly understand the debt this country owes to Black people is to be liberated from the bondage of miseducation that weâve remained shackled to in the so-called land of…
By Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service â At its annual convention on Nov. 8 and 9, the Diocese of New York established a task force to examine how it can make meaningful reparations for its participation in the slave trade and committed $1.1 million from its endowment to fund the efforts the task force recommends. It also passed four resolutions condemning slavery, which had first been introduced by John Clarkson Jay â grandson ofâŚ
Lizotteâs doctoral dissertation proposes more holistic approach to reparations at CSSJ. By Annie Gersh, Brown Daily Herald â Lizotteâs dissertation, entitled âRethinking Reparations: A Critical Theory of Black Repair,â argued that current efforts for reparations that focus only on monetary compensation are misguided. Instead, she advocates for institutional and structural change. For Rutgers University PhD Candidate Kelsey Lizotte, reparations are about far more than a monetary exchange. At the CenterâŚ
By Sara Weissman, Diverse â Georgetown University recently announced that it would fundraise $400,000 a year to benefit the descendants of 247 slaves sold by the schoolâs Jesuit founders in…
Harvard Law School traces its origins to an Antiguan slave owner. Now the country wants reparations.
By Meagan Flynn, The Washington Post â In an urgently worded letter recently sent to Harvard, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne demanded that the university pay his country reparations âfor the gains Harvard enjoyed at the expenseâ of Antiguan slaves. Browneâs Oct. 30 letter to Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow â reported Tuesday night by the Miami Herald and Harvard Crimson â draws a direct line from Harvard Law Schoolâs success todayâŚ
Says reparation is compensation, not a gift. By Jeremiah Poff, The College Fix â The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda recently sent a letter to the president of Harvard…
The iconic, progressive ice cream company is in favor of a House Bill that would develop reparations proposalsâa sign that attitudes towards a once-radical answer to racial parity are shifting. Story Transcript JACQUELINE LUQMAN: This is Jacqueline Luqman with The Real News Network. Reparations for African Americans or the descendants of Africans brought to the US to be enslaved is a socially and politically charged topic. Widely discussed and advocated withinâŚ
St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph GonsalvesâŻhas urgedâŻCaricom leaders toâŻraiseâŻthe issue of reparations for indigenous peoples and African slaves with theirâŻEuropean counterpartsâŻas a priority. He said if those…
Black Student Union and the Caribbean Student Association lead discussion about reparations on Thursday. By Julian Roberts-Grmela, UB Spectrum â Jeffery Clinton says he canât forgive or forget the injustices his family and community endured throughout U.S. history. Clinton, a senior English and African American studies major and president of the African American Studies Academic Association, is a descendant of slaves. Clintonâs great-grandfather acquired a âconsiderableâ amount of property inâŚ
Address by Ambassador David Comissiong to the West and Central Africa Conference on the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent Organized by the United Nations Commission for…
By The 74 â Jeremias Mata started his junior year thinking heâd already learned everything he needed to know about slavery. âWhen I found out I was going to learn about slavery , I was like, âUrgh ⌠again?ââ said Mata, 16, sitting in his 11th-grade history class at the Facing History School in Manhattanâs Hellâs Kitchen. Over time, heâd connected slavery with hopelessness and a certain simplicity â that manyâŚ
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