How do you measure the impact of a wound so deep and gaping that it still reverberates today? A wound of that magnitude denotes harm. The Fulton County Reparations Task Force drew on an abundance of documents and data to “quantify harm” against Black people during slavery and the Jim Crow era. The result: a […]
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Sorority chapter receives proclamation celebrating 100 years of service to ATL
On January 22, a sea of red flooded the city hall as members of the Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority entered for a special occasion. Post 1 At Large Councilman Michael Julian Bond presented the members with a proclamation at the city council meeting. It was recognizing the chapter’s century-long contributions to […]
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A discussion of reparations
By Guest Columnist RICHARD ROSE, president, Atlanta Branch of the NAACP
America’s enduring human tragedy is racism that started with Columbus’ miscalculated arrival in the Caribbean. The failure to successfully enslave Indigenous people led to the importation by force of sub-Sahara Africans in 1619 that was justified by Christianity.
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Reparations: Starting point should be promise of ’40 acres of tillable ground’
By Guest Columnist JOE BEASLEY, a human rights activist in Atlanta and founder of the Joe Beasley Foundation
American history is fraught with fables and outright lies. No one envisioned the day when Africans would become part of the mainstream of the nation, the day when our truth would have to be examined and included.
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Justice for black youths, reparations in Atlanta’s conversations this summer
The nation’s conversation over the related issues of justice for black youths, and reparations, has its home this summer in Atlanta.
This week, two published authors have added their insights – one a historian whose first day at Emory University was Monday, the other a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who presented Monday at the Atlanta History Center. Meanwhile, remarks continue to resonate from last month’s congressional hearing on reparations – legislation endorsed by Georgia congressmembers John Lewis and Sanford Bishop.
