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Reparations for Amherst: Research Reports & Educational Symposiums:

  •  A Partial Historical Timeline Of Slavery And Structural Racism In Amherst
  • Report on Anti-Black Racism and Black/White Disparities in the Town of Amherst
  • Symposium on Reparations w/ Robin Rue Simmons and Kamm Howard December 1, 2020
  • Research Symposium & Interview with R4A Co-Founders April 27, 2021

Media & Publications:

  • Community Petition July 2020
  • Gazette article from August 2020
  • Michele and Matthew's Gazette Op-Ed From 11/17/2020
  • Gazette Article 2/2/2021
  • Associated Press - A Price Tag on Trauma? College Town Weighs Black Reparations 3/10/2021 
  • Gazette Article 4/23/2021 
  • Gazette Article 5/14/2021 
  • Gazette Article 5/19/2021 
  • Gazette Article 6/2/2021 
  • Gazette Article 6/15/2021
  • Gazette Article 6/23/2021
  • Associated Press Article 
  • Boston 25 News
  • The Amherst Student 8/26/2021
  • The Amherst Student 10/14/2021

Difficult Dialogues on Reparations:

Reparations in Amherst Videos: 

  • Critical Conversations:  The Question of Reparations for Slavery
  • Righting the Wrongs - The Role of Apology and Reparations for Slavery
  • Difficult Dialogues: The Reparations Series - Reparations in Amherst, Massachusetts
  • Difficult Dialogues:  The Reparations Series - "Remembering the Tulsa Massacre of 1921"
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