What does reparations actually mean? And why is it so important to talk about right now? In a live episode of Undistracted recorded at Vital Voices Global Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to make the case that reparations is not…
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CARICOM
Sir Lenny Henry’s Reparations Push Is Forcing Britain to Face Its Slave Trade Legacy
Sir Lenny Henry is putting Britain’s slavery reparations debate back on the front page. In a 2025 House of Parliament summit, Henry, Marcus Ryder, MPs, and community leaders argued that reparations are not fringe politics, they are Britain’s unfinished business. Lenny Henry’s Reparations Push Is Getting Louder The conversation centers…
Educational Resources
Haiti Paid France for Its Own Freedom. That’s Why Haiti Is Poor.
Michael Imhotep is a historian, researcher, and founder of the African History Network. He teaches a 10-week course connecting the Haitian Revolution to the U.S. Civil War, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Black Power Movement. His breakdown of the New York Times 2022 investigative series cuts straight to why Haiti…
Charleston Reparations Task Force
They’re Hosting Weddings on Stolen Land. Charleston Descendants Fight to Reclaim What Slavery Took.
Direct descendants of enslaved people in Charleston, South Carolina are demanding the transfer of more than 7,000 acres of former plantation land, and they are giving the owners 40 days to respond. Charlotte Drayton is a white descendant of plantation owners. She is joining the fight. “I have always felt…
New York State Commission
Update: New York Just Pushed Its Reparations Study to 2029. – New York’s Reparations Hearings Are Doing the Work the Federal Government Refuses to Do.
Update: New York Just Pushed Its Reparations Study to 2029. The new deadline is 2029 — nearly four years past the original target. That’s two more election cycles, one more presidential term, and many more potential setbacks before New York even recommends anything. The commission was never empowered to…
Educational Resources
Dr. Shango Blake Addresses the New York State Commission on Reparations for African Americans.
Black educators are being maligned, targeted, and removed from schools and districts throughout the state of New York. Y’all didn’t hear what I just said. This is happening. That’s right. From the district leadership level, to the principal level, to the teacher level — we’re talking about reparations, and we’re…