In 1915, the US Treasury Department is sued for $68 million in remuneration for labor performed under slavery. The US Government dismisses the case on grounds of sovereign immunity.

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In July 1990, in large part through the efforts of Baton Rouge N’COBRA leadership Peggy and Herbert Bookter, the Louisiana State legislature passes a concurrent resolution calling upon the US Congress to pass H.R. 3745.

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In 2008, the Episcopal Diocese of New York produces the DVD entitled “The Diocese of New York Examines Slavery: Talking About Reparations, Repair and Reconciliation.”

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At Union Theological Seminary, students shut down an administrative wing until allowed to speak to the board of directors in support of the Black Manifesto. On May 15, 1969, the board resolves to invest $500,000 of endowment monies in Black enterprises in neighboring Harlem, to try to raise $1 million to finance the Seminary’s involvement in community projects, and to ask each board member to contribute to a special fund.