As Juneteenth Nears, Meet Amilcar Shabazz the UMass Professor Who Has Pushed the Reparations Cause for Three Decades

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Amicar Shabazz, a professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is calling for progress in the movement to provide reparations for the harms done by slavery and other racial oppression. (Aprell May Munford / The Republican)
Amicar Shabazz, a professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, is calling for progress in the movement to provide reparations for the harms done by slavery and other racial oppression. (Aprell May Munford / The Republican)

MassLive profiles Professor Amilcar Shabazz, who has spent the last 30 years on the frontlines in the fight for reparations to ease the hardship and struggles of Black people linked to the historical injustices of slavery and racism.

 

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