On Sunday May 12, 1968, Mothers’ Day, demonstrators led by Coretta Scott King begin a two-week protest in support of the Poor People’s Campaign (see timeline entry for December 4, 1967) in Washington, D.C., demanding an Economic Bill of Rights.

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June 29, 2018

In July 2017, the University of the West Indies (UWI) establishes a Centre for Reparations Research, to be led by Professor Verene Shepherd, former Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, co-Chair of the National Council on Reparation (Jamaica) and one of the three Vice Chairs of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC).

August 28, 2018

The Southern Grassroots Economies Project (SGEP) is formed, following an initial gathering held at Highlander in March of 2011.

September 10, 2018

In the 1980s, African National Reparations Organizations (ANRO), an organization of the African People’s Socialist Party, conducts tribunals on the issue of reparations.