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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In February 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. announces specific demands: $30 billion for antipoverty, full employment, guaranteed income, and the annual construction of 500,000 affordable residences.

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On April 9, 1866, the US Congress passes the Civil Rights Act, granting citizenship and equal rights to Black Americans.

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On April 7, 2001, the Tulsa Reparations Coalition, sponsored by the Center for Racial Justice, Inc., is formed to obtain restitution for the damages suffered by Tulsa’s Black community, as recommended by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.