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 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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The Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church (USA), United Methodist Church (UMC), United Church of Christ (UCC), and Unitarian Universalists (UU) pass resolutions or create commissions that call for a study of the history of slavery, the on-going harms and benefits of that history, and the possibility of reparations.

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In 2011, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez compels the Office of Conviction Integrity to review cases of convictions dependent on evidence from homicide detective Richard Zuley of the Chicago Police Department.