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Entries from April 1, 2004 - May 1, 2004
Dean of Brown University Defends Reparations Committee
This review, though important in its own right, is especially important for an institution like Brown that was founded in 1764, a period in our nation's history when nearly all commerce and wealth was in some manner entangled with the slave trade. ...
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Wayne County seeks company disclosure of slavery ties
Some companies seeking to do business with Wayne County would have to disclose their historic ties to slavery under a proposal that could come to a vote next week. The plan before the County Commission would apply to companies bidding on contracts of $20,000 or more. Wayne County has about 2 million residents and includes Detroit and its southern and western suburbs. ...
Lawyer argues for academic reparations
Rose Sanders Touré, a Harvard-educated civil rights lawyer who works in Selma, said Wednesday night that the University and the rest of the country should pay academic reparations for minority groups. While that may be a hard sell to some people at the University, student and faculty leaders pushing racial equality at the Capstone won major victories in the past week, with UA President Robert Witt announcing efforts to recognize the school's racial past and the Faculty Senate voting Tuesday to apologize for the actions of former slaveholders at the University. ...
Yale's slavery link remains touchy
Since Brown University announced it was forming a committee to investigate the institution's ties to slavery, questions about the role and responsibility of academic institutions in slavery have forcefully reentered the public vocabulary. ...
Ogletree says: 'Slave reparations go beyond money Movement is about recognition'
Reparations to the descendants of African slaves isn't just about money, one of the foremost authorities of the burgeoning movement told an audience at Tulane University's Law School on Thursday. Harvard Law School professor Charles Ogletree Jr. said he doesn't believe every African-American should receive a check for the pain and suffering of their ancestors. The money should be placed in a trust fund to assist the poorest of the poor, he said, adding that economics, education and health care should be top priorities. ...
Kerry opposes slavery reparations
John Kerry yesterday told students at Howard University that he doesn't support financial reparations for blacks, saying it would only divide the nation and "not heal the wounds." "I personally do not believe that America is going to advance if we go backwards and look to reparations in the way that some people are defining them," ...
University of Alabama moves to apologize- acknowledge slavery links
Acknowledging its historical ties to slavery, the University of Alabama will erect a marker near the graves of two slaves on the campus at Tuscaloosa, and place others on buildings where slaves once worked and lived, officials said Thursday. ...
White Mayor of Houston Rejects Reparations Resolution
Mayor Bill White said again Tuesday he will not be pressured into putting a reparations resolution on the agenda for a City Council vote. The resolution supports a House bill that would establish a commission to examine slavery and recommend remedies, including possible reparations to slaves' descendants. ...
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NYC councilman: Burial ground highlights reparations battle
'Our youth must understand that reparations is not a handout, nor is it affirmative action, neither is it welfare. It is a debt owed. It was our people who were sold on the stock market as human stock.' ...