
The Caribbean Community Secretariat, Guyana — The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, and Chairman…
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.
The Caribbean Community Secretariat, Guyana — The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, and Chairman…
… but insist further action needed on reparations front. By Judana Murphy, Jamaica Gleaner — CARICOM Reparations Commission Chairman Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has asserted that The Netherlands is currently…
By Derek Major, Black Enterprise — The Boston City Council voted unanimously to study how it can provide reparations and other forms of atonement to Black Bostonians for its history…
The unanimous vote means Boston now joins a conversation about reparations that is happening across the country. By Michael Casey, Associated Press — The Boston City Council voted Wednesday to…
Statement by Dr. Ron Daniels, Convenor of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), on President Biden’s Apology for American Slavery. The U.S. Africa Summit finally received some press…
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is appointing a reparations commission that will “recommend a proposal to begin repairing the harms that have been inflicted” by slavery, segregation and racism. By…
Adams’ comments come amid a renewed push for legislation that would create a reparations study commission in the Empire State, similar to a statewide panel established in California in 2020….
The group will make recommendations on compensation for institutional discrimination against African Americans by mid-2023. By Mark Eichmann, WHYY — Citing systemic racial disparities, racist practices and procedures, and institutional…
By Daniel Steyn, allAfrica — The President’s Fund is growing as apartheid’s victims wait The President’s Fund was established to pay reparations to victims of human rights abuses under apartheid….
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in 2020 to create a statewide panel to study reparations for Black Californians. By Kurtis Lee, The New York Times — When Gov. Gavin…
By Julianne Malveaux — Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) introduced HR-40 in every congressional session from 1989 until he left Congress in 2017. Then, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) ably took…
Dec 5, 2022 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor Dr. Ron Daniels on the soapbox addressing the critical issues of our time. Topics include: Ye’s Antisemitic Rant • Mayor Adams…