Fabiola Cineas talks with Nkechi Taifa, the founder and director of the Reparation Education Project, about the history of the fight for reparations in America. Though they came to the forefront during the 2020 election in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, activists have been fighting for repayment for slavery since the practice was abolished. This is part of 40 Acres, a four-part series examining reparations in the United States.
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Host: Fabiola Cineas, race and policy reporter, Vox
Guest: Nkechi Taifa, founder and director of the Reparation Education Project
References:
WMUR, 2019: Joe Biden discusses China-US trade talks, gun violence
The N'COBRA movement and HR 40
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Truth Behind “40 Acres and a Mule”
Summer of Change: The Civil Rights Story of Glen Echo Park
Los Angeles Times, 1995: Inspired by Marcus Garvey, Audley Moore has struggled to lift up African Americans
The Republic of New Africa
The Atlantic: Martin Luther King Makes the Case for Reparations
HR 442 — Civil Liberties Act of 1987
HR 40 — Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
Pew Research Center: Black Americans Have a Clear Vision for Reducing Racism but Little Hope It Will Happen
Gallup polling on American attitudes and race
Belinda Sutton and Her Petitions
No Pensions for Ex-Slaves: How Federal Agencies Suppressed Movement To Aid Freedpeople
Wall Street Journal, 2019: "Reparations Ray" Blazed Lonely Trail
Associated Press, 2019: New Orleans mayor to apologize for 1891 lynching of 11 Italian Americans
NPR, 2009: Senate Apologizes For Slavery
ABC News: Advocates call on Biden to act on reparations study by Juneteenth
NPR, 2006: COINTELPRO and the History of Domestic Spying
Washington Post, 2000: In Aetna's Past: Slave Owner Policies
New York Times, 2016: Insurance Policies on Slaves: New York Life's Complicated Past
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