Reparations4slavery in the News
Speaking Truth digital exhibition Accepted into Permanent Collection by International African American Museum
Featuring the narrative accounts of 50+ descendants of enslavers who are working toward repair.
Dr. Michael Zirulnik/Speaking Truth, Dr. Tonya Matthews/IAAM, Lotte Lieb Dula/R4S, Brian Sheffey/IAAM
October 2025
Lotte Lieb Dula delivered a short keynote address and participated in a panel discussion with Brian Sheffey and Michale Zirulnik at an event celebrating the contribution of the collection. Lotte Lieb Dula's testimony is included in the collection.
Repossessions 2025 Juneteenth Program at California African American Musem
Repossessions is a group exhibition inspired by the concept of reparations: the effort to repair the economic and psychological devastation caused by slavery for descendants of enslaved African Americans. An initiative of The Reparations Project in collaboration with Reparations4Slavery.
Briayna Cuffie and Lotte Lieb Dula/R4S; Curator Bridget R. Cooks PhD; Sarah Eisner and Randy Quarterman of The Reparations Project
The Cost of Inheritance - a Reparations Documentary Directed by Yoruba Richen
Featuring the narrative stories of Lotte Lieb Dula and Briayna Cuffie of Reparations4Slavery, Joe Stewart and the Georgetown University GU-272, Sarah Eisner and Randy Quarterman of The Reparations Project
Briayna, Lotte, Randy and Sarah worked with the film's impact team to bring many public screenings and panel discussions to communities throughout the US in 2024 and early 2025.
THE COST OF INHERITANCE explores the complex issue of reparations in the United States and takes a personal approach to understanding our history, systemic injustices, and inequities. We follow descendants of enslavers and the enslaved as they are reckoning with their past and trying to find a just way forward. Through compelling personal narratives, community inquiries, and scholarly insights, it aims to inspire understanding of the scope and rationale of the reparations debate.
Reparations4slavery receives 2023 Ally Award from
The Center for The Healing of Racism
Cherry Steinwender, CEO of The Center for The Healing of Racism presenting Lotte Lieb Dula, founder of Reparations4slavery with TCHR's Ally award, in Houston.
Since 1989, The Center for the Healing of Racism has been facilitating the healing of racism through education and dialogue in a safe and supportive environment, in order to empower individuals and transform communities. Every year at their Juneteenth BBQ, they honor individuals and organizations who have demonstrated commitment to the values of the Center for the Healing of Racism.
Radio / Podcasts
After Two White Colorado Women Unearthed The History Of Their Slave-Owning Ancestors, They Turned To Reparations
...Dula’s mother had passed away and Dula took up the task of sorting through her things. She found a small, old book that was still well-preserved. Dula opened it to find inventories of slaves, hundreds of them, with their individual monetary worths listed.
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You never know where motivation or a shift in your life's path will take you. For Lotte Lieb Dula, it all started with a box in the attic that uncovered her family's past and led her to her calling. That box permanently altered not only how she sees the world but what needs to change and how she intends to change it.
We are honored to launch the second series of Remembering Us with Briayna Cuffie and Lotte Lieb Dula who coined the term Reparative Genealogy, a practice of researching family lineage to understand each of our direct connections to slavery, and how to work toward repair.
An Interview with Lotte Lieb Dula about the discovery that led her to found reparations4slavery.com and the twists and turns her work has taken. Includes thoughts for other white people hoping to engage in direct repair.
Broadcast
WGBH Interview with director Yoruba Richen and Lotte Lieb Dula on the PBS documentary, The Cost of Inheritance
Democracy Now! interview with director Yoruba Richen with Randy Quarterman and Lotte Lieb Dula on the PBS documentary, The Cost of Inheritance
Denver activists make reparations hoping for racial justice and reconciliation
Articles
At the national level, progress on making formal reparations for slavery has largely stalled. Various efforts at both the state and local levels have gained traction and seen more success, however.
But what about for individuals? How can white folks whose ancestors benefited from — and even profited because of — slavery begin to directly engage in reparative justice? Lotte Lieb Dula hopes to provide a path forward.
A retired financial strategist, Lieb Dula is the founder of Reparations4Slavery, a site that facilitates racial healing. She spoke with Marketplace special correspondent Lee Hawkins as part of our Golden Promises series, which explores the battle over slavery reparations in California. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation.
Business families are educating themselves about the Black-white wealth gap in the United States and discussing what they can do about it. By Barbara Spector
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