The Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. responds to the Black Manifesto, not using the term reparations, by giving funds to the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) for support of program possibilities, including those which develop as a result of the National Black Economic Development Conference (NBEDC).

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In April 2016, the Charlottesville City Council decides to appoint a special commission– the Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Monuments, and Public Spaces–to make recommendations regarding the Stonewall Jackson (Thomas Jonathan Jackson) statue in Court Square and Robert E. Lee statue in Lee Park, among other things.

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