National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America

De **National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America** (**N'COBRA**) be an organization dat advocate for financial compensation for de descendants of former slaves insyd de United States.

## History
De National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations insyd America (N'COBRA) dey start on September 26, 1987. Na e main goal be to share information den work toward getting reparations for slavery insyd de United States. De group be founded by Imari Obadele den Chokwe Lumumba. Oda groups dat help start N'COBRA include de National Conference of Black Lawyers, de New Afrikan Peoples Organization, den de Republic of New Afrika.

Insyd 1994, N'COBRA hold a big meeting insyd Detroit. Na one of de speakers be Queen Mother Moore, who help start de Republic of New Afrika.

## Organizational structure
N'COBRA do ein work through nine main national groups:

# Economic Development
# Human Resources
# Legal Strategies
# Legislation
# Information and Media
# Membership and Organizational Growth
# International Affairs
# Youth
# Education
There be three types of members insyd N'COBRA: individual members, local den national chapters, den partner organizations. N'COBRA has members across de United States (like insyd Philadelphia) den sanso insyd parts of Africa, Europe, Central den South America, den de Caribbean.

De organization dey lead by a national board of directors.

## Positions
De National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations insyd America (N'COBRA) says ein mission be to seek justice den repair for de harms caused by slavery.

...to win full Reparations for Black African Descendants dey reside insyd de United States den ein territories for de genocidal war against Africans dat create de TransAtlantic Slave "Trade" Chattel Slavery, Jim Crow den Chattel Slavery ein continuing vestiges (de Maafa). To dat end, NCOBRA shall organize den mobilize all strata of these Black communities, into an effective mass-based reparations movement. NCOBRA dey sanso serve as a coordinating body for de reparations effort insyd de United States. Further, through ein leadership role insyd de reparations movement insyd de United States den ein territories, NCOBRA recognize reparations be a just demand for all African peoples den shall join plus odas insyd building de international reparations movement.

Since at least 2017, N'COBRA has pushed for reparations to be given through rebuilding den improving Black communities, rather than giving money directly to individuals whose ancestors be enslaved.

Insyd 2022, Taiwo Kujichagulia-Seitu from N'COBRA dey explain dat de group ein goal be to achieve “full repair” for de damage caused by slavery.

#### '''Juneteenth'''
Since de early 1990s, N'COBRA dey celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday dat marks de end of slavery insyd de United States.

**H.R. 40**

H.R. 40 be a bill insyd Congress called de *Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act*. E be first introduced insyd 1989 by Representatives John Conyers (D-MI) den Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), den e has been reintroduced insyd every Congress since then.

Insyd 2001, N'COBRA officially dey support H.R. 40. At dat time, de group, along plus ein lead legal advisor Adjoa Aiyetoro, sana be preparing a lawsuit against de U.S. government to demand reparations.

### 2016 Movement for Black Lives policy platform
Insyd August 2016, de Movement for Black Lives, a group connect to de Black Lives Matter movement, released a policy platform focused on reparations. De platform dey include six main demands den 40 policy ideas. Ein name be reparations for the long-term harm caused by slavery den for more support for education den jobs for African Americans. Reuters praised de platform as de first time dat Black-led groups dey connect to de Black Lives Matter movement had come together to create a detailed deni united policy plan.

## Criticism
Some people say dat N'COBRA has not made much progress insyd pushing for reparations insyd de United States. For example, reparations expert William A. Darity Jr. said dat N'COBRA ein plans will not lead to a reparations program dat gives direct payments to Black Americans who are descendants of slavery insyd de U.S.

## Well-known Current den Former Members
* Imari Obadele — co-founder
* Chokwe Lumumba — co-founder
* James Forman
* Efia Nwangaza - National co-chair
* Adjoa Aiyetoro — chief legal consultant
* Robin Rue Simmons — lifetime member
* Conrad Worrill — economic development commissioner
## Sanso see

* H.R. 40 — Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act
* H.R. 40 Wikiquotes
* American Descendants of Slavery
* Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity
* National African American Reparations Commission
* Civil Liberties Act of 1988 — reparations to Japanese Americans interned by the United States government during World War II)
* Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany (1952)

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## External links
* Official website
* N'COBRA legacy site