http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/OBITUARIES/2009-06/1246061818
Many of us our familiar with the calls for Reparations made by Black Luminaries such as Dr. Ray winbush, The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, The Minister Louis Farrakhan, The Republic Of New Afrika, and others. But how many know about Mrs. Callie House? Based out of Nashville, Tennessee & Rutherford County, House launched the The National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief Bounty and Pension Association in 1897. Seventy years before the Civil Rights organizations we all know about fought against Southern Jim Crow Laws, Callie House set up a nationwide network of former slaves demanding Reparations for services rendered over the course of 250+ Years of slavery. What's unique here, is that the Reparations would be structured out in the form of pensions for aging individuals formerly held in slavery, their surviving spouses, caregivers, and heirs-similar to the pension plans set up for former Union Army Soldiers. House traveled across the southern states building up support for the movement, and setting up Local Chapters in multiple cities & towns. it is unclear how many people actually joined the movement; but it was clearly large enough that she would soon draw the ire of the U.S. Government. Much like Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, once the government realized how strong the movement was, she was accused of Mail Fraud & sent to Prison. The charge was "justified" based off of the assertion that she was using the mail to send off pamphlets of information pertaining to something that the Federal Government would never do. After serving approximately one year in prison, Callie House returned to her life as a Wash-Woman in South Nashville-where she remained-until her death in 1928. Many of her followers would be absorbed into Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association. Among those followers was Queen Mother Moore, one of the most famous fighters in the cause for reparations (payment for the forced labor under american Chattel slavery). For more information on Callie House, peep the link & video below: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/OBITUARIES/2009-06/1246061818
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