Hosted by the University of the Bahamas in partnership with Equality Bahamas and the National Reparations Committee, this symposium on reparatory justice for Haiti brings together scholars, activists, journalists, and members of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. The speakers include Gel Curry (Vice Chair, UN…
Tag: Road to Repair
African Union
Three Scholars. One Question. Has the World Finally Turned a Corner on Reparations?
Hosted by Future Africa and the University of Pretoria, this webinar titled “A False Start? Actions for Reparations and the UN Resolution on Slavery” brings together three scholars: Professor Helen Colum (University of Cape Town), Dr. Shangu (University of Jerusalem), and Professor Abdi Summit (University of Minnesota and member of…
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…
Art, Culture & Memory
“If We Can’t Get Justice for Her, We Can’t Get It for Anyone”: 105 Years After Tulsa, One Survivor Is Still Waiting
As America marks the 105th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, ABC Senior National Correspondent Steve Osunsami revisits the events that destroyed Black Wall Street, and national civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons, whose new book Redeem a Nation offers a blueprint for the justice that still hasn’t come. Damario Solomon-Simmons’s…