Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR) endorse reparations in May 1969. BMCR creates demands, including $750,000 for the Black Economic Development Conference (BEDC), presents these to the Methodist Board of Missions. The executive committee of the board establishes $1.3 million for economic empowerment.

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Reference: Jennifer Harvey, Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation(2014) at p. 123

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Following the departure of the US from the Durban conference on September 3, 2001, the remaining members of the WEO Group agree to consensus language recognizing the transatlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.