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November 19, 2020 Dispatches

Lame Duck US Congress Should Pass Bill to Study Reparations for Slavery

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Universal Periodic Review Update October 2020: United States

36th Session of the UPR, November 2020

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Defunding the Police Is a Reparations Issue

The United States should take a long look at UN guidance on police reform in post-conflict countries.

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August 17, 2020 Impact

Tulsa Race Massacre Recognized, At Last

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US: Congress Should Pass Reparations Bill

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Tell Congress to Pass Reparations H.R. 40 Bill
July 31, 2020 Letter

'Why We Can't Wait' Coalition Statement Urges US Congress to Pass HR 40, Reparations Bill

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July 14, 2020 Dispatches

Tulsa Searches for Mass Graves from 1921 Race Massacre

Excavations Critical for Repairing Harm

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June 18, 2020 News Release

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Adopt Laws, Policies to Address Structural Racism

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Virtual Forum on Reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre and Legacy of Slavery

May 29, 2020 News Release

US: Provide Reparations for 1921 ‘Tulsa Race Massacre’

State, City Should Compensate Survivors, Descendants; Adopt Broad Plan

Reverend Robert Turner of the historic Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church, damaged in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
May 29, 2020 Report

The Case for Reparations in Tulsa, Oklahoma

A Human Rights Argument

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December 16, 2019 Commentary

‘Watchmen’ Was Fantasy, But The Need To Discuss Reparations Is Very Real

The perils facing Blacks in Tulsa didn't end with the show's season finale.

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July 12, 2019 Letter

Request for a thematic hearing on reparations for Afro-descendants in the US during the 173rd Period of Sessions

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