reparations Archives

PC(USA)’s Washington office signs letter backing reparations legislation

Posted May 4th, 2021

The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness is among nearly 200 faith-based organizations, faith leaders, and advocates that have signed a letter urging Congressional leaders to support legislation to study reparations for African Americans.

Union Presbyterian Seminary creates $1M endowment in support of reparations for enslaved African Americans

Posted December 2nd, 2020

Union Presbyterian Seminary’s board of trustees has approved the creation of a $1 million endowment fund to recognize and repent the resourcing provided to the seminary through the labor of enslaved persons.

Understanding reparations

Posted April 29th, 2020

Reparation is the idea that public acknowledgment and economic recompense must be made to the descendants of those who were held in slavery.

Webinar explores The Black Manifesto

Posted March 13th, 2020

When African American activist James Forman presented The Black Manifesto in 1969, calling for $500 million in reparations for injustices against black people, he made it clear that he thought Christian churches were partly to blame for the oppression of his people.