
By Amb. David Comissiong — Some of our people have been saying that the “Reparation” sums offered by both Laura Trevelyan and the Anglican Church are too small. Of course…
Reparations for slavery is the idea that some form of compensatory payment needs to be made to the descendants of Africans who had been enslaved as part of the Atlantic Slave Trade. The most notable demands for reparations have been made in the United Kingdom and in the United States, where slavery was the most pervasive. Caribbean and African states from which slaves were taken have also made reparation demands.
By Amb. David Comissiong — Some of our people have been saying that the “Reparation” sums offered by both Laura Trevelyan and the Anglican Church are too small. Of course…
Florida was the first state in the nation to pay reparations to survivors of racial violence. By Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau — As confusion lingers over what parts…
By Trevor Smith — “One of the gravest obstacles to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge human beings consciousness.”…
Feb 13, 2023 Edition of Vantage Point Vantage Point host Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guests Rev. Dr. Robert Turner (Senior Pastor, Empowerment Temple, AME Church, Baltimore,…
Daily Mail takes a look at the reparations debate, and finds out whether small-scale efforts in liberal enclaves could ever amount to a national effort to tackle racism’s legacy once…
By David Comissiong — On Monday 9th January 2023, a devastating blow was delivered to all those vested interests that would perversely seek to deny Africans and people of African…
By High Point Enterprise — Supporters of slavery reparations for Black High Point residents were celebrating when the city took a step in February few other communities have taken. The…
By Toure Muhammad, Final Call News — EVANSTON, Ill.—It’s true. Some Black residents of Evanston, an affluent small college town just north of Chicago, will receive city-funded reparations soon, according…
Article Source: The Rafu Shimpo. On Dec. 21, the National Nikkei Reparations Coalition (NNRC) and 76 supporting organizations submitted a letter calling on the Biden Administration to establish a presidential…
By Isheka N. Harrison, TMN — A Jewish group has taken a step toward supporting reparations for Black Americans. Reconstructing Judaism recently voted to approve a resolution to support and advocate “for institutional, local, and…
The online buzz over high profile Britons’ ties to the trans-Atlantic slave trade put attention on the ongoing reparations push in Barbados, and other Caribbean nations. By Jaclyn Diaz, NPR…
By Scott Pringle, WBGO — A New York State lawmaker will try again in the new year to get legislation passed that will look at giving black New Yorkers reparations…