Despite the growing movement for reparations for Black Americans, critics argue that the lack of cash payments is a major obstacle.
U.S. slavery
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Call for Reparations
In the last Congress, leaders within the Democratic Party demonstrated their political will for a Reparations Commission.
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St. Paul joins a national movement to explore reparations for America’s original sin
Last month, the Saint Paul City Council launched the application process for the Recovery Act Community Reparations Commission.
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Alabama’s Africatown history comes to life in ‘Descendant’
The documentary, which won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision at Sundance in 2022, was shot over four years and has as its jumping-off point the generations-long search for the slave ship, Clotilda.
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Critical race theory backlash would keep the truth hidden
Critical race theory is really just a proxy battle in a much larger war over dueling narratives…
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Too late for reparations: Some of us have moved on
If this year taught us anything, it is that Black youth are ready—and most willing—to raze the system down to its roots and go from there.
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The origin of a revolutionary idea: 40 acres and a mule
The original idea for redistributing 40 acres of formerly Confederate land to newly freed African slaves was the brainchild of a group of 20 Black preachers
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In first act of new Congress, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee introduces reparations bill
‘This legislation is intended to examine the institution of slavery in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present, and further recommend appropriate remedies.’
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Reparations are essential to eliminate the wealth gap between black and white Americans
This racial wealth gap is a result not only of the horrors of slavery but also policies – such as Jim Crow laws, redlining and modern-day mass incarceration – that followed.
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The case for African American reparations
For the first time, most major Democratic presidential contenders are talking about whether the U.S. government should consider paying reparations.