Category Archives: reparations
Now What?: Beyond Juneteenth
Saturday was Juneteenth, the 156th anniversary of Union soldiers making their way to Galveston, Texas and Major General Gordon Granger informing thousands of enslaved people that they were finally freed from their bondage. Two and a half years earlier, on … Continue reading
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Jamaica Calls for Britain to Pay Billions of Pounds in Reparations for Slavery
This week, Jamaica, led by historian Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the Caricom Reparations Commission, called upon Britain to pay reparations for slavery. Additionally, The Journal of African American History, The Black Scholar, The Journal of Black Psychology, Souls: A Critical Review of … Continue reading
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