Address by Prime Minister Gaston Browne during the Caribbean Reparations Commission Regional Symposium on Western Banking, Colonialism and Reparations.
October 10, 2019
I bring no special expertise or unique perspective to the issue of reparations. However, I am here primarily to signify my personal commitment to the fight […]
Tanu Henry | California Black Media
On May 11, the California Assembly Judiciary Committee voted yes on a bill that would mandate the state to set up an 8-member commission to examine how California engaged in — and benefited from — the enslavement of Black men, women and children.
If the bill, AB 3121, […]
As the coronavirus pandemic devastates the elderly, people with disabilities, people who are incarcerated, homeless and first peoples, it cuts open — again — America’s enduring wound of racial oppression.
Disproportionate rates of infection and death among African Americans lay bare continuing health inequalities and the need for the nation to heal this gaping wound through […]
The Centre for Reparation Research (CRR) invites you to join and participate in a CRR virtual seminar series forum on Monday, May 11, 2020. The discussion is entitled “The Uses and Abuses of Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence: Is Racism a Feature?” This will commence at 11:00 AM.
By Kylie Kiunguyu
The Danish government has officially apologized to Ghanaians for their country’s role in the dark history of slave trade in the then Gold Coast where millions of Africans were shipped to Europe and the Americas.
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Christer Petley is professor of history at the University of Southampton in the UK. His latest book is White Fury: A Jamaican Slaveholder and the Age of Revolution (2018).
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Aerial view of Victoria Park (File Photo)
(CMC) – The St Vincent and the Grenadines Reparations Committee (SVGRC) is […]
By Sean Coughlan
BBC News education and family correspondent
Universities in the UK which benefited in previous centuries from the slave trade should contribute to a £100m fund to support ethnic minority students, says a university leader.
Geoff Thompson, chair of governors of the University of East London, says it would be “ethical and right” for universities to […]
Video clips from the centre for Reparation Research’s seminar which took place on October 19, 2018. It was under the theme “Cleaning Up the Colonial Mess: Persistent Poverty and Social Decline” and was presented by Prof Brian Meeks.
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History shows slavery helped build many U.S. colleges and universities
STORY: Stephen Smith | Kate Ellis
As more schools begin to confront their participation in slavery, they also consider how to make amends.
Dozens of American colleges and universities are investigating their historic ties to the slave trade and debating how to atone.
Profits from slavery and related industries […]
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