NCOBRA National Conference 2011 in Chicago, Illinois National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America |
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The National Coalition of Blacks
for Reparations in America (NCOBRA)
June 24 -26, 2011 Sixth Grace Presbyterian Church 600 East 35th Street Chicago, Illinois
Contact: Kamm Howard, khoward.amenta@sbcglobal.net, 773.520.0369 Barbara Baker, bbaker59@aol.com, 312.720.0648
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DECEMBER 15, 2010 -
DREWRYVILLE, VA [FROM THE NAT TURNER LIBRARY] The “$300 million dollar” Museum opened at the site of the first house of United States presidents, George Washington and John Adams received a sharp, negative criticism by The New York Times. But the historic site is a treasure trove for additional evidence to back up the demand for Reparations.
The tone of the article is, at least, partly because of the plethora of documentation the museum contains about bot
Habari za jioni [Good Evening] New Afrikans
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To achieve we must believe! unfortunately belief only does not create achievement. at the same time, truly reparations is not a selfish reward. truly reparations is not for you or me. reparations is for the generations unborn.
Verse 2 - Lift Every Voice & Sign
Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a stea
N'COBRA National Conference 2010
June 25-27, 2010
Frederick Douglass High Schoool
3820 St. Claude Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70117
hosted by the New Orleans Chapter of N'COBRA
504.324.2370 or 504.361.3089
Friday, 25 June 2010
9:00am – 10:30am
Ancestral Acknowledgment (ceremony at Reynes Street on Riverfront)
11:00am (tentative; exact time & place TBA)
Press Conference
12:00pm (Conference Site Registration begins)
12:00pm – 3:00pm
National Board of Directors Meeting
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Opening Ple
I spent 15 hours with some of the most enthusiastic Community-level Repair/Reparations Advocates that I has been around in quite a while. During the Southeast Regional 2010 Convention, February 19th & 20th in Atlanta, GA, for a moment I thought the revolution was on! For me, it was both entertaining and educational (Edutaining). The presenters were powerful and the performers were dramatic. Only thing more we could have asked for was for more to gather with us in the name of our struggle. But I