Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force

Global task force for Black Reparations within Democrats Abroad, the official foreign arm of the Democratic Party representing 9 million U.S. voters abroad.

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

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

[DOJ Civil Rights Division @CivilRights]

Justice Department Announces Results of Review and Evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre

🔗: https://t.co/o3uRFgujxl

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

"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.

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

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

https://t.co/JRwn9iJ1RK

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

More cities that demand justice and accountability:

@thehumanityarchive https://t.co/iuwjnA8rur

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

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”

https://t.co/y9HupcwkHY

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

Cory Booker and Ayanna Pressley reintroduce federal reparations legislation

https://t.co/oXVe3iCir0

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

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

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

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.

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

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

https://t.co/fLDfmH0pRj via @theoklahoman_

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

Only 53 years ago...

#BlackHistory
#AmericanHistory

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

School Desegregation in Dallas, 1971.

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

https://t.co/IE3HZqmuxG

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

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:
https://t.co/ennAppovBx

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

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

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[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

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.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

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.

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

#Reparations

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

@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.

[Black Lives Matter (BLM) @Blklivesmatter]

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. 😘

[Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force @DAReparations]

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