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N'COBRA® SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER
P.O. Box 2355_San Antonio,Texas 78148
210-391-6308_______________________210-363-3977
BE BLACK SMART
Greetings Reparations Activists and Supporters
1. Lloyd's is hit by slavery lawsuit
Posted by: "Jean Damu" jdamu2@yahoo.com jdamu2
Tue May 20, 2008 5:42 am (PDT)
Lloyd's is hit by slavery lawsuit
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DESCENDANTS of black American slaves have accused the Lloyd’s of London insurance market and two United States companies of profiting from the slave trade in a lawsuit seeking billions of pounds in damages.
The suit, filed in Manhattan’s federal court, seeks just over £1 billion in punitive damages from Lloyd’s, tobacco firm RJ Reynolds and banking group FleetBoston. The suit also seeks unspecified actual damages.
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wo children, the suit alleges the companies intentionally sought to destroy the plaintiffs’ "people, culture, religion and heritage".
Lawyers for the eight plaintiffs said the complaint - unlike past lawsuits seeking reparations for slavery - was the first to use DNA to link the plaintiffs to Africans who suffered atrocities during the slave trade.
The plaintiffs said their ancestors were transported from Africa as part of the slave trade from 1619 to 1865. They allege that Lloyd’s insured slave ships, while FleetBoston, then called Rhode Island’s Providence Bank, financed the ships in the slave trade. RJ Reynolds, the suit claims, profited from plantations.
RJ Reynolds spokeswoman Ellen Matthews said the firm had not yet seen the complaint but added: "Currently we are not aware of any legal precedent or even a legal theory that would allow these cases to proceed to trial."
A Lloyd’s spokeswoman said it had not seen the claim and was not in a position to comment, but she added that previous claims regarding slavery had been dismissed.
FleetBoston was not available for comment.
The plaintiffs’ attorney is Edward Fagan, who is well known for taking on controversial cases. In 1998 he forced Swiss banks into a £685 million settlement on behalf of victims of the Holocaust.
He said: "For the last eight years every victim group in the world but one has been given its day in court. The only group that remains is Africans or African-Americans. "
There have been other lawsuits to condemn US slavery, but Mr Fagan said his case is different because his clients can trace their roots back to their African ancestry.
Plaintiffs in the past "couldn’t say what their connection was to these companies - that’s all changed, there’s DNA now," he said.
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N'COBRA 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - Miami, Florida
National Coalition Of Blacks for Reparations in America
"REPARATIONS: Redemption, Repair, Restore"
Florida International University
Biscayne Bay Campus
3000 N.E. 151st Street
Miami, Florida 33181
June 27-29, 2008
From the National Co-Chairs
Greetings Reparations Activists and Supporters:
June 27-29, 2008 N'COBRA will host its 19th annual Reparations Conference in
Miami, Florida. We are looking forward to a very engaging, and informative
weekend, as the South Florida Chapter of N'COBRA has been actively involved
in a number of issues that are important to our quest for Reparations
including the plight of the homeless; the rights of ex-felons; the Katrina
Survivors' demand for justice; and the ongoing human rights struggles of
Haitian immigrants. This will also be our first year to award four
scholarships to local area youth who attend the conference, thanks to the
generosity and foresight of Lifetime Member Ajamu Sankofa who established
the Sankofa National N'COBRA Conference Leadership Scholarship in 2007. We
must do all we can to ensure our youth play an active role in the
Reparations Movement.
There will be in-depth discussions about the first Judiciary Committee
hearing on The Legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, which took place on
December 18, 2007; updates on other important work that continues to move us
closer to our goal of achieving Reparations; and as always opportunities for
you to be active participants in the Coalition's decision-making processes.
Certainly it won't hurt being in the land of Palm Trees, and Sunny Weather;
and having easy access to the Ocean.
We hope to see you there... And as always we remind you that "The Power To
Win Reparations Is In Our Hands!"
Programs & Events
Friday - June 27, 2008
Opening Plenary I
Unity Rally/ Town Hall Meeting
Saturday - June 28, 2008
Workshops - Track 1 WHY BLACK
REPARATIONS: Five Key Injury
Areas & What We Must Do Now
1. Peoplehood/Nationho od, Criminal
Punishment & Health
2. Education & Wealth/Poverty
Workshops -Track 2 FIGHTING
FOR REPARATIONS: Strategies & Methods
3. Reparations 101
4. Organizing 101
5. Our Struggle for Social Justice
6. Legislative Strategies(HR40 Hearings, Ordinances,
Apologies & Profound Regrets)
7. International & Legal Strategies
8. Youth Empowerment
Plenary II Ms. Cynthia McKinney, US
Presidential Candidate, Green Party and
Six-term former Member of US Congress
Regional Meetings
General Membership Meeting
Saturday Night Party for a Purpose (Dinner, Dancing and Live Music)
Sunday - June 29, 2008
Spiritual Service on the Beach
Board Meeting
For more information:
Phone: 786-402-5285 or 954.585.6332
Fax: (305) 576-8800
E-mail: reui1236@gmail. com
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Conference Registration Form
Attendee $65.00- before 5/1/08 $80.00- after 5/1/08
$100.00- after 6/29/08
Life Member $65.00
Seniors (60+) $65.00
Youth (24-) $35.00
Conference Free with New Lifetime Membership $500.00
Saturday Night Party $50.00 $65.00-after 6/26/08
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Please send check or money order payable to "N'COBRA/South Florida Chapter"
and mail to:
N'COBRA/South Florida Chapter
226 NW 26 Street
Miami, Florida 33127
PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH
The Afrikan Spiritual Healing Conference
Posted by: "Jackson-MS NCOBRA" jackson_ncobra@yahoo.com jackson_ncobra
Sat May 17, 2008 8:32 am (PDT)
EXPERIENCE TO POWER OF FREEDOM ON THE MOVE & AFRIKAN HEALING AT WORK!
National Coalition Of Blacks for Reparations in America
19th Annual National Conference
"REPARATIONS: Redemption, Repair, Restore"
June 27-29, 2008 - Florida International University
Call for your registration application
786.402.5286 or 601.957.2969
or email us at jackson_ncobra@ yahoo.com or rashids@bellsouth. net
Educators and Entertainers for the weekend include
Brothers of the Same Mind from Miami (Black Ex-Felon and Prisoners), Atty Mawuli Davis (Blacks & The US Court System), Baba Hannibal Afrik ( Nationhood & Sovereignty) , Brother Cranston in Dallas (Successful Black Business)
Sam Anderson, SNCC Veteran, Math Scholar (Education); Dr. Jewell Crawford, Morehouse College School of Medicine (Health)
Ari Merratazon, NCOBRA NE Regional Rep. (Why Reparations) , Jumoke Ifetayo (Atlanta Youth Reparations Outreach); Barbara Baker (Reparations Networking)
Hekima Kanyama (Unity & 10-10-50), Adjamu Sankofa (N’COBRA P&P), Asinia Lukata Chikuyu (The Spiritual Pilgrimage to the Mississipi Delta & The National Black Month of Prayer for the Victims of the Maafa - African Holocaust)
Dianne Kimble (Jena 6), Ari Merratazon (Case Against Wachovia), Max Rameau (Umoja Village/Take Back The Land), James Rodgers, N’COBRA National Co Chair (Katrina)
QM Dorothy B. Lewis (Update on the Int’l Reparation Movement), Atty. Adjoa Aiyetoro (National Legal), Dr. Imari Obadele (International Legal), Omali Yeshitela, Founder/Chairman APSP & Founder, InPDUM (Linking with & Building the International Movement)
Kibibi Tyhembia , N’COBRA National Co Chair (HR 40 Hearing), Ms. Cynthia McKinney, US Presidential Candidate, Green Party (An Insider’s of Congress & Reparations) , JoAnn Watson, Detroit Councilwoman (Pursuing Reparations Local & City)
Menilik, - N’COBRA Youth Commission, Rique Ennis, President, Kheprera Afrikan Study Group, Dawud Muhammad
Jackson-MS Chapter of N'COBRA
African People
"Pulling Together to Repair Ourselves"
601.957.2969 or 601.982.0861
EXPERIENCE TO POWER OF FREEDOM ON THE MOVE & AFRIKAN HEALING AT WORK!
National Coalition Of Blacks for Reparations in America
19th Annual National Conference
"REPARATIONS: Redemption, Repair, Restore"
June 27-29, 2008 - Florida International University
Call for your registration application
786.402.5286 or 601.957.2969
or email us at jackson_ncobra@ yahoo.com or rashids@bellsouth. net
Educators and Entertainers for the weekend include
Brothers of the Same Mind from Miami (Black Ex-Felon and Prisoners), Atty Mawuli Davis (Blacks & The US Court System), Baba Hannibal Afrik ( Nationhood & Sovereignty) , Brother Cranston in Dallas (Successful Black Business)
Sam Anderson, SNCC Veteran, Math Scholar (Education); Dr. Jewell Crawford, Morehouse College School of Medicine (Health)
Ari Merratazon, NCOBRA NE Regional Rep. (Why Reparations) , Jumoke Ifetayo (Atlanta Youth Reparations Outreach); Barbara Baker (Reparations Networking)
Hekima Kanyama (Unity & 10-10-50), Adjamu Sankofa (N’COBRA P&P), Asinia Lukata Chikuyu (The Spiritual Pilgrimage to the Mississipi Delta & The National Black Month of Prayer for the Victims of the Maafa - African Holocaust)
Dianne Kimble (Jena 6), Ari Merratazon (Case Against Wachovia), Max Rameau (Umoja Village/Take Back The Land), James Rodgers, N’COBRA National Co Chair (Katrina)
QM Dorothy B. Lewis (Update on the Int’l Reparation Movement), Atty. Adjoa Aiyetoro (National Legal), Dr. Imari Obadele (International Legal), Omali Yeshitela, Founder/Chairman APSP & Founder, InPDUM (Linking with & Building the International Movement)
Kibibi Tyhembia , N’COBRA National Co Chair (HR 40 Hearing), Ms. Cynthia McKinney, US Presidential Candidate, Green Party (An Insider’s of Congress & Reparations) , JoAnn Watson, Detroit Councilwoman (Pursuing Reparations Local & City)
Menilik, - N’COBRA Youth Commission, Rique Ennis, President, Kheprera Afrikan Study Group, Dawud Muhammad
Jackson-MS Chapter of N'COBRA
African People
"Pulling Together to Repair Ourselves"
601.957.2969 or 601.982.0861
N'COBRA 19th Annual Conference
Florida International University, Wolfe University Center
3000 N.E. 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181
Friday Night June 27, 2008
Opening Plenary 3pm - 5 pm
dinner on your own - food venders will be available
Unity Rally 7pm - 10 pm
N’COBRA National Unity Rally/ Town Hall Meeting
Theme:
Black Reparations, Criminal Punishment and Police Brutality
Moderators,
Mr. Kwame K. Afoh and Atty. Efia Nwangaza
Keynote Speakers
Omali Yeshitela,
Founder/Chairman APSP & Founder, InPDUM
Ms. Cynthia McKinney,
US Presidential Candidate, Green Party
National & Local Leaders
Amefika Geuka,
Founder/ Coordinator: Nationalist Black Leadership Council
Max Rameau
Dir. Center for Pan-Afrikan Development and Founder, UMOJA Village and Cop Watch
Dr. Carole Boyce Davies,
Professor, FIU and Past Director, Africa New World Studies (FIU)
Muslima Lewis, Esq.,
Director, Racial Justice Project, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
Marleine Bastien,
Executive Director, FannAyisyen Nan Miyami / Haitian Women of Miami
Rique Ennis,
President, Kheprera Afrikan Study Group
Mr. Ukali Mwendo
President, Provisional Government Republic of New Afrika
Derek Davis,
Kheprera Afrikan Study Group
Dr. Hepsharat Amadi,
Alternative & Traditional Medicine
Kibibi Tyhembia,
N’COBRA National Co Chair
Queen Mother Dorothy B. Lewis,
Co Chair, N’COBRA International Commission
General Ali X. Rashid,
N’COBRA Elder Advisor Board Member
Baba Mawusi hazard
James Rodgers,
N’COBRA National Co
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