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Enforcement Action Initiated: N’COBRA’s Website Removed for Infringing on Reparations Governance


On June 27, 2025, the Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust (FRFT) officially exercised its legal and administrative enforcement authority to remove the N’COBRA website (https://ncobra.org/) for violating the Trust’s sole legal governance over reparations identity, eligibility, and terminology for Verified Freedmen in the United States.


This action follows multiple attempts at good faith communication with N’COBRA leadership earlier this year, including a formal letter of notice issued by the Trust outlining the limits of their legal authority, misuse of the term Freedmen, and unauthorized frameworks falsely suggesting national jurisdiction over reparations.


Why This Enforcement Was Necessary


N’COBRA has long operated under the false premise that it possesses the legal capacity to define, administer, or lead national reparations programs for the Black American community. However, the term Freedmen—as defined, verified, and governed exclusively by the Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust—cannot be claimed, used, or repurposed by any outside entity without authorization.


Their website misled the public by:


  • Promoting unauthorized reparations proposals outside the Verified Freedmen standard.

  • Using protected cultural identifiers in violation of intellectual property law and FOIA-backed declarations.

  • Falsely suggesting that N’COBRA is the leading national voice for reparations distribution when no such authority has been granted or acknowledged by federal agencies or Verified Freedmen representatives.


What Legal Framework Supports This


The Trust’s action is backed by:



These documents establish the Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust as the only federally acknowledged entity with governance jurisdiction over reparations for the Verified Freedmen class—formerly enslaved Black Americans and their direct families, whose eligibility cannot be diluted or misrepresented by third-party organizations or umbrella coalitions.


A Message to the Public


This enforcement is not personal—it is procedural, protective, and rooted in the legal obligations of the Trust to prevent public confusion, unauthorized use of protected identity terms, and the exploitation of reparations advocacy by groups not operating within lawful authority.


The Trust will continue to monitor and, if necessary, pursue takedowns of any websites, fundraising campaigns, or political platforms that infringe upon its documented legal standing and FOIA-acknowledged authority.


Enforcement Moving Forward


N’COBRA’s removal marks the first successful website enforcement, but it will not be the last. The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust has begun issuing formal notices and filing complaints under:


  • The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512)

  • The Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a))

  • And its own Declarations of Naming Rights and Cultural Jurisdiction


All verified enforcement actions are tracked, documented, and subject to public disclosure as part of the Trust’s transparency commitment.

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