Black Reparations – The 1969 ‘Input’ Program featuring Muhammad Kenyatta

This 1969 television program emerged during a crucial moment in reparations history. The year 1969 marked the delivery of James Forman’s Black Manifesto, which demanded $500 million in reparations from white churches and synagogues. Forman famously interrupted worship at Riverside Church in New York on May 4, 1969, to deliver this demand.

The Philadelphia program directly addressed these contemporary events, featuring Muhammad Kenyatta, who was associated with the Black Economic Development Conference that produced the Black Manifesto.