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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June 29, 2018

In September 2013, the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), chaired by University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles, holds its first meeting, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

March 23, 2019

The state of North Carolina set aside $10 million for reparations payments to living survivors of the state’s eugenics program, which forcibly sterilized approximately 7,600 people (“North Carolina Set To Compensate Forced Sterilization Victims” by Scott Neuman, NPR, July 25, 2013; “Families of NC Eugenics Victims No Longer Alive Still Have Shot at Compensation” by Anne Blythe, News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), March 17, 2017).

June 29, 2018

In January 2017, a $4 million reparations, or equity, package is presented to Charlottesville City Council and passes unanimously.