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Summer Scene, 1866. G. Gable, Harry Stephens was a former house servant of Alexander Hamilton Stephens, vice-president of the Confederacy and, after the war, U.S. senator. The photograph was likely made on the grounds of Liberty Hall, Alexander Stephens's home in Crawfordsville, Georgia

Pope Francis apologizes to native children in Canada, is Black America next?

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

By Sherri Kolade, The Michigan Chronicle — In late July, Pope Francis visited Canada and apologized to the Inuit people who suffered generations of abuse at the hands of Canada’s…

August 9, 2022

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Former German chancellor Willy Brandt German falls to his knees before the monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Warsaw, Poland, on Dec. 7, 1970.

True t’shuva: Catholic Church should make reparations to Canada’s Indigenous communities in the same manner as Germany

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

In Jewish tradition, an apology is only part of the repentance process t’shuva. Germany continues to provide reparations to Holocaust survivors. By Bernie M. Farber, Toronto Star — On Dec….

August 2, 2022

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Members of the Global Circle reparations delegation that met with the Vatican

Vatican: Moment is Ripe for Serious Consideration of the Harms of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

Leaders of the Global Reparations Movement met at the Vatican to discuss the Catholic Church’s involvement with the Transatlantic Slave Trade and ways in which the church can make amends…

August 1, 2022

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Traditional handmade snowshoes are presented to Pope Francis by Adrian Gunner, from the Assembly of First Nations delegation in the spring when First Nations, Inuit and Métis visited the Vatican to discuss the harm caused by residential schools. The Pope is expected to make another, potentially broader, apology during his visit to Indigenous communities in Canada next week.

The Pope’s “punishing pilgrimage” will focus on reparations, observers say

By IBW21Editors' Choice, Reparations

It’s been 35 years since a papal visit to an Indigenous community in Canada. By Megan Williams, CBC — The last time a pope visited an Indigenous community in Canada was…

July 25, 2022

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Global Reparations Leaders Call Meeting With the Vatican Successful

By IBW21News & Current Affairs, Press Releases / Statements

Collaborative Process for Repair to Begin Vatican City, July 18, 2022 — Under the umbrella of the Global Circle for Reparations and Healing, a delegation of global reparations leaders was received…

July 18, 2022

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Malcolm Turner and his brother Robert Turner listen during a Prayer Wall memorial gathering at the AME Church in the Greenwood district during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on May 31, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The faith community can help pass a reparations bill

By IBW21Reparations

H.R. 40 has more momentum than ever and people of faith must help encourage its passage. By Jason L. Miller, The Hill — Last summer, after the death of George…

July 20, 2021

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