Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Universities Nurtured Ideology of Slavery
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
12 Dec 2017
🖨️ Print Article

A group of Black students at the University of Chicago is demanding the institution acknowledge its financial roots in the slave system and make reparations to the Black community. Kamm Howard, co-chair of N’COBRA, the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, supports the students’ demands. Howard said U.S. universities “laid the moral, intellectual and so-called scientific foundation for the institution of enslavement. They produced tons of pseudo-science that led to the dehumanizing of African people.”

reparations

Related Podcasts

Tulsa newspaper
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Tulsa Massacre Instigated by White Supremacist Media
21 June 2024
The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit that argued that the remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre should be compensated by that ci
Reparations Supporters Need to Unite Around Specific Demands
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Reparations Supporters Need to Unite Around Specific Demands
30 June 2021
Efia Nwangaza, director of the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination in Greenville, South Carolina, is trying to unite the member organizations o
 Reparations Not Yet a “Mainstream” Demand
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Reparations Not Yet a “Mainstream” Demand
08 December 2020
Reparations “hasn’t reached the point where there’s really a discussion among white politicians” on the merits of the issue, said Zuri Arma

More Stories


  • Erica Caines
    All Black Feminisms Ain’t Created Equal
    27 Sep 2023
    Black feminism should be focused on the struggle against colonial structures and not solely on issues of personal empowerment. 
  • Prensa Latina
    Cuban President Praises Malcolm X’s Legacy in New York
    27 Sep 2023
    Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel paid tribute to Malcolm X on the anniversary of his historic meeting with Fidel Castro.
  • Larmbert Ebitu
    Pan-African Masquerade: William Ruto with the Mask Off
    27 Sep 2023
    Kenya's president William Ruto talks a good game about Pan-Africanism but in his short time in office he has become the reliable cover for U.S. imperialism.
  • Abayomi Azikiwe
    G77+China Holds Summit in Cuba Calling for a Different World Order
    27 Sep 2023
    Cuba hosted the recent G77+China Summit in Havana, where calls to change the existing world order were made by Global South nations.
  • Tanupriya Singh
    Haiti and Kenya Establish Diplomatic Ties as UNSC Mulls Deployment of Controversial “Security Support Mission”
    27 Sep 2023
    Kenya has stated it will lead a potential intervention in Haiti backed by the US and the UN. The move is yet another attack on the sovereignty of Haiti in service of imperialist interests and…
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us