The African and African Descendants Caucus successfully lobbies for reparations and to have the Maafa (African Holocaust, Holocaust of Enslavement, or Black Holocaust) included in the final declaration document at the 2001 United Nations World Conference against Racism (WCAR) in Durban, South Africa.

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June 29, 2018

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) hosts some 80 representatives in Atlanta, Georgia at the so-called Minority Group Conference in preparation for the Poor People’s Campaign (see timeline entry for December 4, 1967).

June 29, 2018

Following the conclusion, on September 8, 2001, of the UN World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) in Durban, South Africa, the WEO Group sought to have language eliminated or changed, delaying for nearly four months the issuance of the Durban Final Declaration and Programme of Action.

June 29, 2018

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