Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force

Breaking the silence is not enough. The survivors are aging and need justice in their lifetimes. We need an #ExecutiveOrder for the #Tulsa survivors.

"Despite the hundreds of hours our team spent speaking with the DOJ and providing information for this review, we did not receive any information or indication about what the report would include," Solomon-Simmons said.

Quote: In a press statement received Saturday afternoon, attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons, who represents Fletcher and Randle, said he and the survivors received notice of the findings from news outlets which got access to the report before they did. /1 tag24.com/politics/repar…

More cities that demand justice and accountability: @thehumanityarchive instagram.com/reel/DEsTD4psH…

More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence” theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

Cory Booker and Ayanna Pressley reintroduce federal reparations legislation tag24.com/politics/repar…

@ycsyccuya1 @marclamonthill @YouTube 😚💨 Sheesh. That was brutal. You gotta go easy on 'em, Marc!

Marc Lamont Hill Addresses Right-Wing Outrage Over NJ Teacher Certifica... youtu.be/wn6V-wQ3v6s?si… via @YouTube

moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'" -MLK According to int'l human rights law, there are no statute of limitations on any gross human rights violations. Reparationists will continue to fight.

Our legal system must adapt to the needs of victims and victimized communities. "I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws...Conversely one has a ... /1 oklahoman.com/story/news/202… via @theoklahoman_

Only 53 years ago... #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory

On the International Day for Abolition of Slavery, UN experts recognize the strength & resilience of survivors & commend the bravery of #HumanRights defenders and others striving to eliminate it. Read their statement: ohchr.org/en/special-pro…

@benedtl @Blklivesmatter Now, why on Earth would they go ahead and do that? 🧐

@Blklivesmatter Take out the "white" and leave the "ruling class" and you got it right on 🎯

The son of a president gets a pardon, while Black mothers continue to lose their sons to prison for minor infractions or for simply existing in a racist society. This is hypocrisy. It is corruption. And it is a clear reminder that the system is working exactly as it was designed: to protect the powerful and uphold the interests of the white ruling class. Joe Biden has an opportunity to do more than protect his own. He can extend the same compassion he showed his son to the millions of people trapped in prison for nonviolent offenses. And we call on him to do just that.

Mexico abolished slavery in 1829. Enslaved people were escaping to Mexico. The U.S. tried to get Mexico to sign a fugitive slave treaty to return escapees but Mexico refused to sign such a treaty, insisting that enslaved people were free once they set foot on Mexican soil. —Did you know that Juneteenth is also celebrated in a part of Mexico? Nacimiento Mexico was once home to thousands who escaped slavery in the US. As many as 10,000 slaves followed a clandestine Southern Underground Railroad to Mexico. —To date, many Black Mexicans from the Texas area retrace a portion of the same route their African American ancestors followed in 1850 when they escaped slavery. —Descendants of slaves who escaped across the southern border observe Texas’s emancipation holiday with their own unique traditions in the village of Nacimiento. —Slave hunters would patrol the southern border for escapees, led by the Texas Rangers but the Mexican army would be there waiting for them (the slave hunters) to turn them away.

In 1959, 69 black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire. 21 burnt to death while 48 managed to escape. A THREAD.

@MilaLovesJoe At a certain point, the veil of colorblindness that society cloaked you with had fallen away. At that point, you began to see what your peers of color had long known already.

When I was growing up in the 1970s and 1980s no one saw color. We were all just Americans. Why did that change?

Our favorite part about Twitter, post-Trump, is seeing all the people who visit our page just to declare that we’re “irrelevant” or “over.” If you’re following us, commenting, or engaging with the largest Black-led abolitionist organization, it’s clear we’re still very relevant and living rent-free in your head. We’re not going anywhere. 😘

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