Timeline

In September 2000, the state of California passes the 'Slavery Era Insurance Policies Act' that requires insurance companies to report of any records pertaining to slaveholder insurance policies issued by any predecessor corporation during the slavery era. 

In 2001, the Pan-Afrikan Reparations Coalition in Europe (PARCOE) is founded under the joint leadership of Esther Stanford-Xosei and Kofi Mawuli Klu. 

On 28 February 2001, the state of Oklahoma publishes a report relating to the killing of three hundred African-American residents in Tulsa in 1921 in which it recommends that the state compensate the survivors. 

On 10 May 2001, the French Senate unanimously passes the so-called (first) Taubira law recognizing 'slavery and the slave trade as a crime against humanity'.

From 31 August to 8 September 2001, representatives from member states of the UN, as well as other interested parties, meet to discuss and promote the struggle against racism, resulting in the publication of the Durban Declaration (2001) in which the right to reparations is recognized. 

On 2 March 2002, the Jamacia Reparations Movement is launched on IRIE FM, leading to the publication of a Solemn Declaration that is signed and promulgated by members of the interim steering committee on 28 February 2003.

On 26 March 2002, the first class-action lawsuit is filed to seek compensation from US insurance companies who previously profited from the enslavement of African peoples. 

In May 2002, the 'Slavery Era Insurance Registry Report' is submitted to the California Legislature, leading to the disclosure that number of insurance companies still operating in the state of California had previously issued slaveholder insurance policies.  

On 17 August 2002, a rally is organized in Washington, entitled the 'Millions for Reparations' march, to support reparations for Africans on the basis of the Durban Declaration (2001).

From 2 to 6 October 2002, a follow-up conference to the UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (UNWCAR) is held in Barbados, entitled the 'Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants World Conference Against Racism'.