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The American Freedmen Legal Fund (AFLF) conducts daily donation campaigns because the work we do is daily. This is not symbolic advocacy. It is active legal enforcement, institutional protection, and real-time response. 1. Legal Advocacy Does Not Pause Every week, AFLF is: Drafting certified letters Preparing engagement agreements Reviewing evidence and case briefs Filing complaints and enforcement notices Responding to agencies, corporations, and municipalities Legal advocac

The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust (FRFT) has formally issued notice to the Government of Ghana and the African Union regarding the proposed United Nations General Assembly resolution declaring the Transatlantic Slave Trade and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. Let us be clear: slavery was a crime against humanity. The historical record is undeniable. Millions were trafficked. Millions more perished. The consequences remain mea

Freedmen Historical Marker Award – January Campaign Winner The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust is proud to formally recognize Michael Lee Burton as the highest donor from the January fundraising campaign that concluded on January 31. Through his leadership contribution, Michael has earned a permanent Freedmen Historical Marker , institutionalized and archived within the governed historical record of the Trust. This marker is not simply a symbolic plaque. It represents: Instit