What does it look like to tackle the lack of opportunity and reparations for descendents of slaves?
The Student Center for Reconciliation and Diversity (SCRD) hosted a workshop entitled “40 Acres and a Mule: America’s Unfulfilled Promise” at Azusa Pacific on Oct. 9. The workshop, known as “Reparations,” included interactive dialogue and an educational experience concerning the subject of reparations for descendents of African American slaves.
The title of the event refers to a promise made in 1865 following the Civil War. The promise entailed allotting freed people 40 acres of land and a mule after the war. However, former President Andrew Johnson reversed it, no longer redistributing the land that was formerly agreed upon ...
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