Douglas Blackmon Archives - Institute of the Black World 21st Century

Convict Leasing, Forced Labor, Theft of Black Wealth: The Case of the Chattahoochee Brick Company

By IBW21Events, News & Current Affairs

Labor Day Weekend 2021, the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and the National African American Reparations Commission premiered a video examining the rampant theft of Black labor during…

Vantage Point: “Slavery By Another Name,” The Case of the Atlanta Chattachoochee Brick Company

By IBW21Reparations, Vantage Point Radio, Video/Audio

April 19, 2021 — On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor talks with special guests Derrick Boazman, Donna Stephens, Douglas Blackmon and Dr. Joyce…

The Infamous Chattahoochee Brick Company: Community Coalition, Faith Leaders to Declare Grounds A Sacred Site

By IBW21Events, NAARC News, News & Current Affairs, Press Releases / Statements, Reparations

National African American Reparations Commission Supports Initiative. April 3, 2021, over the Easter Weekend, a broad-based coalition of community and interfaith, ecumenical faith leaders will gather at the Chattahoochee Brick Company at 1:00 PM to claim and declare the grounds a Sacred site to memorialize African Americans who died there working as forced labor.