In 2005, the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland convenes a reparations task force, which hosts a diocese-wide conversation with Dr. Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D, professor and director of the Institute of Urban Research at Morgan State University.

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The Committee of 100 is formed to lobby for the Poor People’s Campaign (see timeline entry for December 4, 1967) in advance of the arrival of thousands for Resurrection tent city.

September 7, 2018

James Forman, director of international affairs for Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); Lucius Walker, executive director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO); and 25 members of the National Black Economic Development Conference (NBEDC) meet with leaders of the Episcopal Church to present the Black Manifesto.

June 29, 2018

In November–December 1967, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) holds a five-day planning meeting in Frogmore, South Carolina. With the leadership of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the group agrees to organize a civil disobedience campaign in Washington, D.C., focused on jobs and income.