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A Virginia Seminary Is Creating A $1.7 Million Reparations Fund | HuffPost

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Virginia Theological Seminary’s fund will be used to support descendants of the slaves who helped build the college.

Black People’s Land Was Stolen | The New York Times

July 23, 2019May 20, 2020African American History, Black History ...

Any discussion of reparations must include how this happened, who did it, and the laws, policies and practices that allowed it.

What Canada and South Africa can teach the U.S. about slavery reparations | The Conversation

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Bonny Ibhawoh, The Conversation Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, left, and actor Danny Glover, right, testify about reparation for the descendants of slaves during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais). Featured Image [dropcap]A[/dropcap]merica’s failure to understand, acknowledge and resolve the continuing catastrophe of slavery is […]

The Truth Behind ’40 Acres and a Mule’ | PBS

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., PBS IMAGE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Featured Image [dropcap]We’ve[/dropcap] all heard the story of the “40 acres and a mule” promise to former slaves. It’s a staple of black history lessons, and it’s the name of Spike Lee’s film company. The promise was the first systematic attempt to provide a form of […]

Why reparations to African-Americans are necessary – and how to start now | The Conversation

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, Garden & Gun Five generations on Smith’s Plantation Beaufort at South Carolina in 1862. Timothy H. O’Sullivan/Library of Congress. Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] a 2016 poll, 58 per cent of African-Americans said they believed that the United States should pay financial reparations to African-Americans who are descendants of slaves. Only 15 per cent […]

What Americans Need to Know About Reparations Ahead of This Week’s Big Hearing | Slate

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Devin Katayama, Slate Danny Glover and Ta-Nehisi Coates are scheduled to testify at the hearing Wednesday. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Theo Wargo/Getty Images and Anna Webber/Getty Images for the New Yorker. Featured Image [dropcap]On[/dropcap] Wednesday, a House Judiciary subcommittee will hold the first congressional hearing in more than a decade on the subject […]

Experts: Reparations Are Workable and Should Be Provided | Black Press USA

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA “The odds against success are great but given the meager gains to date, it’s just as fruitful to argue for reparations as anything else and besides it is a just cause,” said Dr. Mary Frances Berry, a Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and the author of […]

Americans are totally fine with reparations, just not for slavery | Quartz

April 28, 2019April 28, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Annalisa Merelli, Quartz [dropcap]Since[/dropcap] the second half of last century, countries like Germany, Austria, France, South Africa, and Canada have amended past wrongs by paying reparations to their victims. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The US, too, has supported reparations as a form of restorative justice. After World War II, it supported Jewish victims of the Holocaust in […]