On July 11, 1969, the National Black Economic Development Conference (NBEDC) formally becomes the Black Economic Development Conference (BEDC).

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March 23, 2019

The state of North Carolina set aside $10 million for reparations payments to living survivors of the state’s eugenics program, which forcibly sterilized approximately 7,600 people (“North Carolina Set To Compensate Forced Sterilization Victims” by Scott Neuman, NPR, July 25, 2013; “Families of NC Eugenics Victims No Longer Alive Still Have Shot at Compensation” by Anne Blythe, News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), March 17, 2017).

June 29, 2018

Resolution on reparations is sponsored by Aldermember Dorothy Tillman in Chicago City Council.

June 29, 2018

In June 2001, the Oklahoma State legislature passes the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Reconciliation Act.