Black People Politics : Reparations mark new front for US colleges tied to slavery

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Major Jewish Denomination Votes To Support Reparations For Slavery

Major Jewish Denomination Votes To Support Reparations For Slavery

The Union for Reform Judaism is calling for a study on reparations to redress the continuing effects of slavery and systemic racism against Black Americans.

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The US is grappling with its history of slavery. The blueprint for dealing with it? Some say Brown University

The US is grappling with its history of slavery. The blueprint for dealing with it? Some say Brown University

Experts say no country has paid money to descendants of Africans of the transatlantic slave trade. Instead, universities have taken the lead.

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...Instead, universities have taken the lead on what they call reparative justice. Georgetown University apologized to descendants of slaves who were sold to pay school debts and recently pledged to raise $400,000 a year for programs to help those descendants; in October, Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey announced a nearly $28 million plan, including scholarships to descendants of enslaved Africans.

Dorbrene O'Marde, chairman of the Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Commission, talks about how sugar mills were once key to the country's economy during a visit to Betty's Hope, a former plantation

Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY
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