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- 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.
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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.
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
Oct 6, 2020 · July 10, 1969 issue. We the black people assembled in Detroit, Michigan for the National Black Economic Development Conference are fully aware that we have been forced to come together because racist white America has exploited our resources, our minds, our bodies, our labor.
- Historical & Societal Context
- The Riverside Church Responds
- Study Guide
Prepared by Riverside’s Black Manifesto 50th Anniversary Task Force 1619 – The first African slaves are brought to the English colonies. Late 1700s-early 1800s – Anti-slavery organizationsare founded and movements organized. 1848 – The Free Soil Party,made up of anti-slavery advocates from both major political parties, sends two senators and 14 rep...
Week of May 5, 1969– Riverside Church secures a civil restraining order to make interruption of worship by Mr. Forman or others a matter for court action, but declines New York Mayor John Lindsay’s offer of a police cordon around the church. Thursday, May 8– Dr. Campbell proposes creation of the Riverside Fund for Social Justice, a special three-ye...
Prepared by Riverside’s Black Manifesto 50th Anniversary Task Force The Black Manifesto 1. Read the Black Manifesto 2. Reflect on these definitions of reparations. How would you define reparations? 3. The Black Manifestoasks NOT for a cash grant to every African American, but rather investment in Black-owned, Black-oriented infrastructure to redres...
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.
Jun 27, 2018 · Black Manifesto Prepared by James Forman [1] with the assistance of the League of Black Revolutionary Workers and adopted by the National Black Economic Development Conference (NBEDC) in Detroit, Michigan, on April 26, 1969, the Black Manifesto called on white churches and synagogues to pay $500.
