To: CEOs of Aetna Inc., American International Group, Lloyd\'s of London, New York Life Insurance Company, Southern Mutual Insurance Company, FleetBoston Financial Corporation (Bank of America), AFSA Data Corporation, Brown Brothers Harriman, JP Morgan Chase Manhattan Bank (Bank One), Lehman Brothers, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown and Williamson, Liggett Group Inc., Loews Corporation (Lorrilard), Canadian National Railway, CSX Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corp., Union Pacific Railroad, and Westpoint Stevens Inc.
We, the undersigned members of the consuming public, are outraged to learn that you, through your predecessors in interest, played a role in the enslavement of African people.
According to reports, you are accused of benefiting from: stealing African people from their homelands, torturing them to keep them enslaved, stealing their labor, raping African women, and breeding humans like cattle. All of this was done for your economic gain.
Some of you have chosen to lie to the consuming public, on your websites and in other public communications, about the roles you played in slavery. We find this behavior disgraceful.
Today you are multi-billion and trillion dollar entities, while African Americans are still struggling to overcome the vestiges of slavery -- discrimination in housing, employment, education, economic development opportunities, and healthcare opportunities, to name a few. All this, while you continue to grow richer off the fruits of their enslaved African ancestors’ labor.
We demand that you take responsibility for your present consumer fraud, and your historical crimes against humanity.
We urge your institutional investors to demand that you do the same.
Tell the Truth! Pay the Debt! Reparations Now!
Sponsor
The Restitution Study Group,
Inc. is a not-for-profit
organization pursuing restitution
for injuries inflicted upon
oppressed people.
501(c)3 status is pending.
CONTACT: rsgincorp@yahoo.com or 917-365-3007
WEB PAGE: www.rsgincorp.com
Links
PART I OF THIS PETITION: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/reparationscorporations/
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Slave Descendants\' Fraud Claims Against Major Banks, Insurers
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/12/81239.html
Bank of America, JPMorgan Slave Trade Cases Reinstated by Court http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/newspid=newsarchive&sid=aRCQp48f6z2k
Link to Decision (click on Opinion): http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwxcaseno=05-3265&submit=showdkt&yr=05&num=3265
Blacks In Government Demand Slavery Restitution From Aetna http://www.blacknews.com/pr/blacksingovernment101.html
Slave Descendant Pushes Aetna Boycott
http://www.nysun.com/article/43552
Video: Boycott Announcement:
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=X8_sfuw75y0
Audio: Reparations Lawsuit Oral Argument, September 27, 2006
http://rsgincorp.zoomshare.com/files/05-3265.mp3
Video: Appeals Court to Hear Arguments for Reparations - CBS2Chicago
http://cbs2chicago.com/video/id=26372@wbbm.dayport.com
Court Hears Appeal of Slavery Reparations Case - Chicago Sun Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/74833,CST-NWS-slave28.article
Descendants of Slaves Defend Right to Sue - Contra Costa Times
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/15627836.htm
Court Asked to Reinstate Slavery Reparations Case - Hartford Courant
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-slavery0928.artsep28,0,7984016.storycoll=hc-headlines-business
Banks Named in Reparations Lawsuit - Dow Jones Market Watch http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspxguid=%7B15755CFA-9BFE-4C81-9F72-B255C721EC86%7D&print=true&dist=printTop
Boycott JP MorganChase Student Loans -- One Student Campaign, http://www.onestudent.us
Activist Vows to Appeal Dismissed Slavery Lawsuit, http://www.participate.net/node/304
Reparations suit tossed, 7/6/05
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/slave06.html
Restitution Town Hall Meetings
http://www.rsgincorp.com/townhall.html
Seeking More Than Just Apologies for Slavery
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/19/AR2005061900694_pf.html
Wachovia Apologizes for Predecessor\'s Links to Slavery
http://www.wachovia.com/misc/0,,877,00.htmlDCMP=ILL-2433&ATTINFO=7759-lowerleft
JP Morgan Chase To Pay $5 million in restitution
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4193797.stm
INFORMATION ON REPARATIONS
LAWSUITS AGAINST CORPORATIONS:
Appeal filed 8/3/05
Appeal Name: Farmer-Paellmann, et al v. Brown & Williamson
United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
219 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60604
Judges: Posner, Easterbrook, and Manion
Appeal Number: 05-3265 and 05-3266
Appeal argued: 9/27/06
Case Reversed and Remanded W/O Prejudice: 12/13/06
Case Number: 05-3266 and MDL 1491
Case Name: Farmer-Paellmann v. Brown & Williamson
US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
Dirksen Building
219 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60604
Judge: Norgle
Amended Complaint Filed 4/5/04
Case Dismissed With Prejudice: 7/6/05
News Articles -
Judge rejects lawsuit seeking reparations
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/regulation/2004-01-26-reparations_x.htm
Court Order Dismissing Lawsuit Without Prejudice
http://www.aetna.com/legal_issues/pdf_documents/Order_JMTD.pdf
ABC News Nightline Segment
Featuring the Lawsuit
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/storyid=89884&page=1
Reparation Supporters Seek
Damages http://www.blackenterprise.com/ExclusivesEKOpen.aspid=593
Lehman Brothers acknowledges ties
to slavery
http://www.wqad.com/global/story.asps=1538092&ClientType=Printable
CNN Coverage of Lawsuit
Filing
http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/03/26/slavery.reparations/
Original Complaint Filed Against
Corporations http://www.aetna.com/legal_issues/suits/06-26-03_complaint.pdf
USA Today Article About
Several \"Slave Money\"
Corporations
http://www.usatoday.com/money/general/2002/02/21/slave-reparations.htm
CORPORATE DISTORTION OF SLAVE LABOR PAST:
Blood On The Tracks -- About
Canadian National Railway
http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2003-02-27/news_story.php
Chase\'s Historical Ledger http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20001009&s=friedman
The Target Companies
And Why They Were Chosen http://www.thenorthstarnetwork.com/news/topstories/181510-1.html
RESTITUTION STUDY GROUP PRESS:
Corporate Apologies for Slavery Fall Short
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-02-10-moss-edit_x.htm
Blacks Demand Equal Justice from
New York Life Insurance Company
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/11/prweb181047.htm
Reparations Activists Working to Prevent Bank Merger
http://www.amsterdamnews.org/News/article/article.aspNewsID=37631&sID=4
Federal Reserve Hearing Testimony on FleetBoston Merger with Bank of America (see section .0199)
http://www.federalreserve.gov/events/publicmeeting/20040114/20040114.htm
Conference by White Supporters of
Black Reparations a Great Success!
http://www.globalblacknews.com/Lamb62.html
Ndaba: A great sitting-down
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_940.shtml
Should Corporate America Pay
Report on Scholars Meeting on
Reparations Case
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/7/prweb71551.php
Statement Applauding President Bush\'s
Speech at Goree Island, Senegal
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.aspid=148-07082003
Maxine K. signed
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