During Equity Week on Capitol Hill, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) hosted a press conference calling on Congress to advance reparative justice legislation for communities of color who bear the disproportionate burden of this nation’s institutional social, racial, and economic inequities. Speakers included Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), Dreisen Heath (reparations organizer),…
Tag: Slavery
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…
Global Perspectives
France Abolished Slavery in 1848. France Finally Repealed It. Macron Said the R-Word. He Didn’t Write the Check.
Historian and professor Olivette Otele of SOAS London joins a news program to discuss the French Parliament’s unanimous repeal of the Code Noir, 341 years after it was signed by Louis XIV and 178 years after France abolished slavery. The reparations debate is now officially open. In 1685, King…