The National Council of Churches (NCC) responds to the Black Manifesto by appointing a sixteen-member committee to negotiate with the National Black Economic Development Conference (NBEDC) and to bring program recommendations to the NCC.

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June 29, 2018

The Episcopal Church passes Resolution 2006-A123, entitled “Study Economic Benefits Derived from Slavery,” and Resolution 2006-C011, entitled “Support Legislation for Reparations for Slavery.”

June 28, 2018

In 1917, Marcus Garvey establishes a Universal Negro Improvement Association branch in the United States.

June 28, 2018

In 1867, Republican US House Representative Thaddeus Stevens proposes H.R. 29, a slave-reparations bill, which promises each freed adult male slave forty acres of land and $100 to build a dwelling.