AREVA MARTIN

February 2024

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‘We’re Asking for Their Debt to be Paid’: Slavery Descendants Seek $70 Billion In Reparations from Saint Louis University

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A civil rights attorney representing hundreds of Black Americans whose ancestors helped build Saint Louis University during slavery demanded $70 billion in reparations for years of free labor. Attorney Areva Martin announced the reconciliation package on Feb. 8 at the Missouri university’s Busch Student Center, where she and other prominent community members put pressure on […]

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Section 14 Leaders are Hosting a Black History Month City-Wide Prayer Vigil in Palm Springs

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PALM SPRINGS— The survivors and supporters of Palm Springs Section 14 and a coalition of community organizations will come together for a Prayer Vigil at The Church of St. Paul in the Desert. This prayer vigil will be the cornerstone event of a citywide day of prayer in honor of Black History Month.  A local choir sang songs that

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Descendants of Enslaved Call Out Saint Louis University

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ST LOUIS— The Jesuit university is accused of stalling on reparations demands for the slavery it profited from. He wasn’t there, but one couldn’t help but wonder whether Dr. Fred Pestello felt the brickbats hurled his way from Saint Louis University’s Busch Center. His office is just a couple of blocks down the street. Members of Descendants

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KQED Section 14 taken in 1947

Survivors Of Palm Springs Section 14 Neighborhood Still Waiting for Compensation

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PALM SPRINGS— Decades ago, the homes in a Palm Springs neighborhood known as Section 14 were deemed eyesores and officials wanted to promote tourism. So they forced out the mostly black and brown families who lived there. Crews tore down everyone’s homes, and then burned them, sometimes with people’s personal possessions still inside. The city

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