N'COBRA
N'COBRA is the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, a mass-based coalition organized in order to obtain reparations for African descendants in the United States. It was founded on September 26, 1987 by members of the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL), the New Afrikan Peoples Organization (NAPO), and the Republic of New Afrika (RNA). Its chapters are throughout the U.S., in Ghana and in London.
In September 2003, N’COBRA formed a 501(c)(3) corporation, N’COBRA Legal Defense, Research and Education Fund. The mission of this 501(c)(3) is to develop and implement projects to educate and seek reparations for Africans and People of African descendant. As a 501(c)(3) it will not engage in lobbying which is one of the primary focuses of the parent organization, N’COBRA.[1]
The Capital Spotlight
The Capital Spotlight was a leftist, black-ethnocentric newspaper in Washington DC during the 1980s - 90s. It was a mix of area news stories, some national stories, and Marxist/black reparationists articles and columns.
The issue of May 28, 1991, Thursday, Page 7, was entitled "Reparations Convention Marks 'Afrikan Holocaust'". It is reproduced en toto because the article reveals names of participants, some talk subjects, N'COBRA goals and absolute lies/disinformation about the "Afrikan Holocaust".
"The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in American (N'COBRA) is sponsoring its annual "National Holocaust Memorial and Reparations conference", June 19-21, in Charleston, SC. In addition to the ecumenical Holocaust observance, the conference will include a historical tour, workshops ("What is Reparations? Why We are Entitled to Reparations Strategies to Win Reparations. Economic Development"),an Afrikan/Reggae/Rap Concert, and an intergenerational relay -- passing the torch from one generation to the next.
The Holocaust Memorial is held in remembrance of the 250 million Afrikans/Blacks murdered in the Middle Passage, being brought to the Americas for enslavement. The Afrikan Holocaust was the systematic, intentional, and industrialized murder of approximately 250 million Afrikans/Black - children, women, and men of all ages- in the development of the United States and the Americas. The Afrikan Holocaust was especially cruel because of the 15 to 20million who survived the transport were enslaved and stripped of all cultural awareness and heritage, e. g. name, language, religion, history and mores.
Towards achieving the goal of "Building a Movement to Win", Saturday activities will begin with a tour of historic sites with emphasis on importation, enslavement, and resistance. The tour will be followed by day-long working groups on strategies to win reparations, with a luncheon keynoted by Aminifu Harvey - From Consciousness to Action. Sunday will start with an "Inter-Generational Relay: Passing the Torch." The conference will end, at 2:00 p.m., with an N'COBRA business meeting.
N'COBRA is a coalition of individuals and organizations committed to fighting for reparations, compensation and payment due Black people, in North America, for enslavement, and other human rights violations since its abolition. N'COBRA is headquartered in Washington DC and Co-chaired by Vincent Godwin and Adjoa Aiyetoro; mailing address P.O. Box 62622, Washington, DC, 20029-2622, 202-635-6272. The Conference Coordinator is Efia Nwangaza, FSD 1100193, Greenville, SC 29603, 803-242-3039."
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International Affairs Commission
The N'COBRA International Affairs Commission (NIAC) works closely with Africans, African descendants and supporters of reparations for Africans and African descendants throughout the world.
It helped run the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) and the Non-Governmental Organization Forum and government conference held in Durban, South Africa August 28-September 8, 2001. Its members were also active in the African and African Descendants Caucus that was formed during the WCAR preparatory process.
NIAC understands the connection among the status of Africans and African descendants in the United States, throughout the Diaspora, Africans on the Continent and Africa. N'COBRA and NIAC acknowledge that the success of the movement for reparations for Africans anywhere advances the movement for reparations for Africans and African descendants everywhere.[2]
N'COBRA and the Black Reparations Movement
Investigative journalist Max Friedman wrote a series of columns for KW about "The Black Reparations Movement" and its constituent organizations, leaders, and projects. A KW link to those columns is here.
Among the Black Reparations Movement individuals and groups were the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his "Trinity Church, and the Black Radical Congress (BRC) in which he participated. The information in Friedman's columns provides an expanded view of just who Rev. Wright was, including radical ties left out of the mainstream medias' reporting.