Reparations for Slavery Explored on the “Morning Show”
May 10, 2021- Dr. Howard Ashford, Professor with the Africana and Latinx Studies Department at SUNY/Oneonta, will visit the “Morning Show” on Thursday, May 13th to discuss the issue of Reparations for descendants of enslaved African Americans.
- A panel within the U.S. House Judiciary Committee recently passed a measure to advance to the full House a vote on HR 40 – which would create a commission to examine slavery and discrimination in the United States from 1619 to the present – and would recommend ways to educate Americans about its findings and suggest possible remedies and compensation.
- Host Mary Jacobsen will interview Ashford about the significance of “40” in the bill’s title, and about the chapters of racial history – from slavery to the failure of Reconstruction to segregation and to redlining – that have contributed to an enduring and extreme wealth gap between white and Black Americans. Ashford will also talk about proposals for eliminating the gap, and arguments for and against them.
- “The Morning Show” airs Thursday at 9 a.m. on Channel 9 and WJOP (FM 96.3) and live streams on YouTube (click on YouTube at NCMHub.org). After broadcast, look on the YouTube Playlist for “The Morning Show.” Each show is also available on the Sound Cloud (click on the cloud at NCMHub.org).
For more information contact:
Mary Jacobsen
(978)255- 7523
OR
Sarah Hayden
Executive Director
Newburyport Community Media
(978)961-0350
