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Heirs: Honor oral history of the Elaine Massacre

Descendants of the Elaine Massacre of 1919 spoke about the tragic event on Saturday during the Voices of Elaine Symposium, hosted by NAACP Unit No. 6013 at the Central Theatre in Hot Springs.

When Reparations Grow From the Grassroots

Until federal reparations happen, local organizations across the country are stepping up to account for the harm and legacy of enslavement and systemic racism.

On anniversary of Elaine race massacre, Arkansas community says reparations are due

On anniversary of Elaine race massacre, Arkansas community says reparations are due

Congress is headed towards a milestone vote on reparations for slavery. Some places are already paying them

Don t show me this message again✕ On 14 April, members of Congress took a landmark step closer towards a long-awaited national reckoning over the compounded, generations-long impacts of slavery – and whether the US will formally recognise the need to redress its legacy, and apologise for it. HR 40 – as in “40 acres and a mule”, the false promise offered to formerly enslaved people in the Civil War’s wake by Union general William Tecumsah Sherman – would create a 13-member commission to study and hold hearings on the impacts of slavery and discrimination before issuing “appropriate remedies” to Congress, as well as the form of a national apology.