More than a century before reparations became a subject of national debate, formerly enslaved African Americans were already demanding compensation for generations of unpaid labor. Their movement was organized, widespread, and determined. At its center stood two remarkable Tennesseans: Callie House and Reverend Isaiah H. Dickerson. Together, they transformed an idea into what became the ...
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