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Mar 5, 2016 · Black Power advocate James Forman, former chair of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), interrupted worship at New York City's Riverside Church on May 4, 1969 and presented a manifesto for reparations to the largely white congregation.
- Raymond Gavins
- 2016
manifesto to the white christian churches and the jewish synogogues in the united states of ameri ca and all other racist i nstitutions presentation by james forman delivered and adopted by the national black economic development conference i n detroit michigan on april 26, 1969.
The Black Manifesto was a 1969 manifesto that demanded $500 million (~$3.19 billion in 2023) in reparations from white churches and synagogues for their participation in the injustices of slavery and segregation committed against African-Americans.
On May 4, 1969, The Riverside Church itself became the location of a civil rights protest when James Forman interrupted Sunday morning services to present a document titled “Black Manifesto,” enumerating a series of demands for the white Christian and Jewish communities.
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James Forman's Black Manifesto demanded $500 million in reparations from the nation's white churches and synagogues for their financial, moral, and spiritual complicity in the centuries of injustice carried out upon African Americans.
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The Black Manifesto can be understood as an expression of rebellion rooted in the despair of a people who had given up hope of “integrating” into the mainstream socioeconomic systems and structures in the United States.
