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Research & resources

The Transatlantic Slave Trade is the foundation of sustained disparate conditions in the Black community throughout the United States. Over 400 years after the first Africans were enslaved in America and over 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the Black community remains incredibly resilient, yet disenfranchised, underserved, over-policed and generally oppressed by institutions and systems operating today. The various resources below provide an overview of the injustices faced by Blacks in America, both historically and today, and reparative actions being taken to deliver “real justice” to the Black community.