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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Governor Mark Warner of Virginia issued a formal apology for the state’s decision to forcibly sterilize more than 8,000 of its residents (“Va. Apologizes to the Victims of Sterilizations” by William Branigin, Washington Post, May 3, 2002).

June 28, 2018

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

June 29, 2018

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