Historic Step: Educational Institutions Declaration Signed Under the Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust
- Freedmen Nation
- May 7
- 1 min read
The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust has officially executed and signed the Declaration for Educational Institutions, marking a major advancement in the protection and development of private education exclusively for Verified Freedmen.
This declaration legally establishes the Trust’s sole authority to govern educational standards, frameworks, and institutions designed to serve the descendants of persons enslaved in the United States prior to 1865. Under this declaration, the Trust may now formally support:
Private Freedmen-based schools
Home education programs
Cultural history and curriculum development
Scholarships for Verified Freedmen students
Legal protection for Freedmen-only education initiatives
“We are no longer asking permission to educate our own. With this signed declaration, we are asserting that Freedmen educational institutions will exist, grow, and be legally protected under our own fiduciary governance,” said Arthur Watkins Jr., Primary Trustee of the Trust.
The declaration also prohibits any external classification system—such as racial quotas, DEI-based distortions, or forced multicultural erasure—from overriding the Trust’s mission. The goal is to restore and preserve the historical, cultural, and intellectual legacy of Freedmen families through autonomous educational control.
This historic signing not only reclaims educational sovereignty, but also lays the foundation for future Freedmen academies, training programs, and intellectual institutions owned and operated by the people they are meant to serve.
Read the Full Declaration:
What’s Next?
The Trust will soon begin issuing guidelines for Freedmen curriculum design, educator verification, and institution accreditation under the Trust’s bylaws. Families and nonprofits seeking to establish Freedmen schools will be able to opt into this protection through a simple verification and agreement process.
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