Entries from March 1, 2004 - April 1, 2004
Descendants of slaves accuse companies of genocide
Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at 04:11AM Descendants of slaves, frustrated that courts have blocked their claims for reparations, are using a novel legal argument in a lawsuit filed Monday against companies they say profited from slavery. The eight plaintiffs accuse Lloyd's of London, FleetBoston (FBF) and R.J. Reynolds (RJR) of committing genocide against their ancestors and obliterating the ethnic identity of African-Americans descended from slaves. ...
Ogletree Vows To Continue Lawsuit
Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 05:37AM Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree vowed yesterday to forge ahead with a suit seeking reparations for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa, Okla., race riots, five days after a federal judge threw the suit out of court. In an interview with The Crimson yesterday, Ogletree?who assembled the Tulsa plaintiffs? star-studded legal team?predicted that the survivors would prevail at the appellate court level. ...
Brown University to probe its slavery ties
Monday, March 22, 2004 at 05:41AM The Committee on Slavery and Justice, which she appointed, will spend two years exploring Brown's historic ties to the slave trade and studying how other societies have confronted and atoned for their past. Another goal of the committee is to explain this history to students, said committee chairman James Campbell, a Brown history professor. ...
Chicago City Council Looks into Slave Reparations
Friday, March 5, 2004 at 04:49AM The highly charged issue of slave reparations took center stage at a Chicago City Council hearing on Friday. Alderman Dorothy Tillman accused mega-bank JP Morgan Chase of failing to disclose its past ties to slavery, as required by city law. ?We will go back and get with our lawyers we will submit to the law department the reason as to why they lied,? Tillman said. ...