In December 2007, the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary of the US Congress holds an Oversight Hearing on the Legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

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In 1988, the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA) is organized in the tradition of Callie House.

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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.

June 28, 2018

In 1829, in his “Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World,” David Walker asserts that “the White Christian Americans” were the most cruel and barbarous people who have ever lived.