In 1797, the US Congress rejects the North Carolina Slave Petition, the first recorded petition for an end to slavery by freed Blacks.

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In March 2014, at a two-day meeting in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) approves a 10-point plan for reparations.

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In 1917, Marcus Garvey establishes a Universal Negro Improvement Association branch in the United States.

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On Sunday May 12, 1968, Mothers’ Day, demonstrators led by Coretta Scott King begin a two-week protest in support of the Poor People’s Campaign (see timeline entry for December 4, 1967) in Washington, D.C., demanding an Economic Bill of Rights.