For Submission to the United States Government
Official Petition for Reparations
We, the people, demand that the United States fulfill its obligation to Foundational Black Americans. All are welcome to sign - this is a matter of justice for all Americans.
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Official Petition to the United States Government
For Reparations to Foundational Black Americans
To the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and all elected officials:
We, the undersigned citizens and residents of the United States, respectfully and firmly petition the federal government to fulfill its long-overdue obligation to provide reparations to Foundational Black Americans - the descendants of those who were enslaved on American soil, those who were already on this land before the first ships arrived, and those whose unpaid labor, stolen wealth, and broken bodies built the foundation of this nation.
WHEREAS, the promise of 40 acres and a mule was granted through Special Field Order No. 15 on January 16, 1865 - and then stolen when President Andrew Johnson returned the land to former Confederate slaveholders;
WHEREAS, Jim Crow laws, convict leasing, and Black Codes constituted a system of legal apartheid and re-enslavement that persisted for nearly a century after emancipation;
WHEREAS, federal redlining policies systematically denied Black families homeownership, wealth-building, and economic opportunity for generations;
WHEREAS, thriving Black communities - including Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Rosewood, Florida; and Oscarville, Georgia - were deliberately and violently destroyed by white mobs, often with government complicity, and no reparations were paid;
WHEREAS, false imprisonments, mass incarceration, and convict leasing have functioned as extensions of slavery, extracting labor and destroying families;
WHEREAS, respected economists estimate a minimum of $14 to $16 trillion is needed to close the racial wealth gap - a gap created and maintained by government policy;
WHEREAS, the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent declared in 2016 that the United States government owes reparations to Black Americans;
WHEREAS, no further study is needed - the evidence has been documented, the economic analysis has been completed, and the case is clear;
THEREFORE, we demand that the United States government enact legislation to provide meaningful, tangible reparations directly to Foundational Black Americans - those who can trace their lineage to the American system of enslavement and those whose melanated ancestors were already on this land.
We further demand that leadership of this effort come from within the FBA community - not from those whose families arrived after the struggles that created the rights they now enjoy.
Black history is American history. The debt is clear. The time for payment is now.
This Petition Is Open to Everyone
Justice is not just a Black issue - it is a human issue. Whether you are Asian, Latino, European, Indigenous, or any background, if you believe in justice and accountability, your signature matters. This petition will be submitted to the United States government as a formal demand for reparations for Foundational Black Americans.
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The President & Vice President
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Mail: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500
Your U.S. Senators
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Senate.gov - Find Your SenatorsU.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
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House.gov - Find Your RepresentativeU.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Congressional Leadership
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State & Local Officials
Change often happens faster at the state level. Find your Governor and state legislators.
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We Demand a Hate Crime Bill
They are hunting us. In parking lots. In churches. In our own neighborhoods. With guns, nooses, and livestreams. Foundational Black Americans are being intentionally targeted - and we demand federal legislation NOW.
This Is Happening Right Now
These are not incidents from the distant past. These are documented, verified hate crimes targeting Black Americans in 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, and 2026. The pattern has never stopped. It is accelerating.
"Chud the Builder" - Dalton Levi Eatherly (2025-2026)
A white livestreamer from Clarksville, Tennessee, who built an online following by targeting Black Americans with racial slurs, calling us "chimps" on camera while openly carrying a firearm. His streams were not some fringe activity - he appeared on Infowars and was interviewed by far-right media figures. He posted on social media implying that one of his confrontations would lead to the death of a Black person.
On May 13, 2026, outside a Montgomery County courthouse, Eatherly shot a Black man named Joshua Fox - a disabled veteran - multiple times. Fox was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for emergency surgery. Eatherly livestreamed the aftermath, claiming self-defense. He was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment.
His GiveSendGo fundraiser raised over $250,000 after the shooting. His meme coin surged in value. He was rewarded for shooting a Black man. That is where we are in America.
And he has copycats. Other streamers are now mimicking his "ragebait" format - harassing Black Americans on camera for clicks and money. This is not entertainment. It is a blueprint for violence.
Islamic Center of San Diego Massacre (May 18, 2026)
Two teenage white supremacists - Caleb Vazquez, 18, and Cain Clark, 17 - attacked the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing three people: security guard Amin Abdullah (a father of eight who died protecting up to 140 children inside), and community members Mansour Kaziha and Nadir Awad.
Their manifestos, titled "The New Crusade: Sons of Tarrant," revealed exactly what they believed. Direct quote: "Killing the n****rs is an overall benefit to this world." They were white supremacists, antisemites, and anti-Black racists who drew inspiration from the Buffalo shooter, the Charleston shooter, and the Christchurch attacker. They livestreamed the massacre to Discord. They wore Nazi imagery. Their weapons bore white supremacist symbols.
These were teenagers. Radicalized online. Armed by their parents' gun collection. This is the pipeline. And it is producing killers.
Buffalo Tops Supermarket Massacre (May 14, 2022)
Payton Gendron, 18, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, drove three and a half hours to a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York. He chose the zip code with the highest percentage of Black residents. He scouted the Tops supermarket in advance. He wrote a 180-page manifesto promoting the "Great Replacement" theory.
He walked in wearing body armor and livestreamed himself murdering ten Black people: Aaron Salter Jr. (55, a retired police officer who tried to stop him), Ruth Whitfield (86), Pearl Young (77), Katherine Massey (72), Celestine Chaney (65), Geraldine Talley (62), Andre Mackneil (53), Heyward Patterson (67), Margus Morrison (52), and Roberta Drury (32). During the shooting, he encountered a white store manager - and apologized and spared him. The Black people, he killed.
He was sentenced to 11 life sentences without parole. Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in his federal hate crimes trial scheduled for August 2026.
Emanuel AME Church Massacre, Charleston (June 17, 2015)
Dylann Roof, 21, entered Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina - one of the oldest Black churches in America - during a Wednesday night Bible study. He sat with the congregation for an hour. Then, during the closing prayer, he stood up and opened fire.
He murdered nine Black Americans including State Senator Clementa Pinckney. He told one survivor he was sparing her so she could "tell the story." He said: "I have to do it. You rape our women and you're taking over the nation. And you have to go."
His goal was to start a race war. He was sentenced to death on federal hate crime charges and received nine life sentences in state court. He has shown no remorse.
The Lynching of Ahmaud Arbery (February 23, 2020)
Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was jogging through a neighborhood near Brunswick, Georgia when three white men - Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan - chased him down in pickup trucks and shot him dead. They claimed they thought he was a burglar. He was unarmed. He had committed no crime.
For 74 days, no arrests were made. The local district attorney advised police not to charge anyone. It was only after Bryan's own video of the killing leaked online that the nation saw the truth. All three men were convicted of murder and federal hate crimes. Their text messages revealed years of using the N-word and racist slurs. The federal appeals court upheld the hate crime convictions in November 2025, finding that Arbery's race was the "determinative factor" in the chase that killed him.
Modern-Day Lynchings - Still Happening (2000-2026)
A report titled "A Crimson Record" published by the civil rights organization JULIAN in February 2026 identified more than 70 suspected modern-day lynchings across seven Southern states since 2000: Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama. Mississippi alone had 20 cases.
Trevontae Shubert-Helton, 29, was found hanging from a tree in a 90% white town in North Georgia in 2024. Ruled a suicide. Willie Andrew Jones Jr., 21, was found hanging from a tree in 2018. Ruled a suicide. Trey Reed and Tory Medley - two Black men whose bodies were found hanging from trees in Wisconsin and Mississippi in 2025. Ruled suicides.
They want you to believe Black men are hanging themselves from trees in the Deep South. We are not buying it. These are lynchings. The study confirms it: these are "living patterns" of racial violence, obscured by misclassification and inadequate investigation.
The Numbers Do Not Lie
According to the FBI's own data for 2024: 11,679 hate crime incidents were reported, with 3,672 victims of anti-Black hate crimes - more than half of all race-based hate crimes in America.
Anti-Black hate crimes have increased 81% since 2015. Los Angeles County alone recorded 345 anti-Black hate crimes in 2024 - the highest ever documented there.
And the FBI admits the real numbers are far worse. An estimated 56% of hate crimes are never reported to police. Over 80% of reporting agencies claim zero hate crimes in their jurisdiction. The system is designed to undercount. The violence is designed to be invisible.
We refuse to be invisible. We refuse to be uncounted. We refuse to be unprotected.
The FBA Hate Crime Protection Act
Current laws have not stopped the violence. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act of 2022 was a start - but it took over 200 failed attempts and a century of delay to pass. We cannot wait another century. We need dedicated, enforceable legislation with real teeth.
What This Bill Must Include
Enhanced Federal Penalties
Mandatory enhanced sentencing for crimes motivated by racial hatred against Foundational Black Americans, with no plea bargains that reduce hate crime charges. When you shoot a Black man on a livestream, you do not get a fundraiser - you get a federal prison cell.
Dedicated Prosecution Units
Federal task forces specifically assigned to investigate and prosecute hate crimes targeting the FBA community. No more waiting 74 days for an arrest while local prosecutors protect the killers.
Mandatory Hate Crime Classification
When evidence of racial motivation exists - racist texts, manifestos, social media posts, racial slurs - the hate crime designation must be applied. No more ruling lynchings as suicides.
Online Radicalization Accountability
Platforms that knowingly host, amplify, and monetize content targeting Black Americans with racial harassment must face federal consequences. The pipeline from racist livestream to attempted murder must be shut down.
Victim Protection and Support
Federal funding for victim support services, legal representation, relocation assistance, and counseling for FBA victims of hate crimes and their families. Joshua Fox, the disabled veteran shot by Chud the Builder, deserves more support than his attacker.
Community Reporting Infrastructure
A national reporting system that makes it easy and safe for FBA communities to report hate crimes, hate speech, and threats without fear of retaliation or dismissal.
Accountability for Law Enforcement
Mandatory oversight mechanisms when local law enforcement fails to properly investigate or classify hate crimes against Foundational Black Americans. The 74-day delay in the Ahmaud Arbery case must never happen again.
Mandatory Credible Reporting
Support the bipartisan Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act (S. 937 / H.R. 2588) - condition federal funding on credible, accurate hate crime reporting. No more agencies claiming zero hate crimes in their jurisdictions.
Why This Cannot Wait
Chud the Builder shot a disabled Black veteran on a livestream and was rewarded with $250,000 in donations. Two teenagers walked into a mosque with Nazi symbols and anti-Black manifestos and murdered three people. A man drove three and a half hours to a Black neighborhood and killed ten people buying groceries. Black men are being found hanging from trees and ruled "suicides."
The FBI documented 3,672 anti-Black hate crime victims in 2024 alone - and admits the real number is far higher because the reporting system is broken. Anti-Black hate crimes have risen 81% since 2015. Hate has been given a platform, a fundraiser, and a meme coin.
We will not wait for the next massacre. We will not wait for the next lynching to be called a suicide. We will not wait for the next racist streamer to graduate from slurs to bullets.
We call on Congress, the President, and every elected official in this country to act NOW. Pass the legislation. Fund the enforcement. Protect our people. Convict these criminals to the fullest extent of the law.
An attack on one Foundational Black American is an attack on all of us.
We demand protection. We demand justice. We demand accountability.
Demand the Hate Crime Bill Now
Contact every representative you can. Tell them to pass the FBA Hate Crime Protection Act. Use the contacts below and the letter template at the bottom of this page.
The President & Vice President
The White House does not maintain a public email inbox. Use the official contact portal.
Mail: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500
Your U.S. Senators
Each state has two Senators. Select your state from the dropdown to find their names, phone numbers, and contact forms.
Senate.gov - Find Your SenatorsU.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Your U.S. House Representative
Your Representative is determined by your zip code. Enter it to find their name and contact form.
House.gov - Find Your RepresentativeU.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Congressional Leadership
Reach the people in charge of the House and Senate directly.
Congressional Black Caucus
The CBC represents the interests of Black Americans in Congress. Contact them directly to demand action on hate crime legislation.
Email: [email protected]
Mail: U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515
State & Local Officials
Change often happens faster at the state level. Find your Governor and state legislators.
USA.gov - Find State OfficialsDepartment of Justice - Civil Rights Division
Report hate crimes and demand federal investigation and enforcement.
FBI Tip Line: 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324)
Tips for Making an Impact
- Verify your residency - Most contact forms require your address to confirm you are a constituent.
- Be concise - State which issue you are writing about in the first two sentences.
- Be persistent - Call, write, and follow up. One message is easy to ignore. Hundreds are not.
- Use BOTH letters below - Copy each one, personalize them, and submit through every contact form you can find.
Your Letters - Ready to Copy & Submit
Two separate letters for two urgent demands. Copy each one, personalize it, and submit through your representatives' contact forms, email, or mail. Send both.
Letter 1: Reparations for FBA
[Your Name]
[Your Address]
[City, State, ZIP]
[Date]
Dear [Representative's Name],
I am writing to you as a constituent and as an American who believes in justice, accountability, and the fulfillment of promises made by this government.
I am writing in support of reparations for Foundational Black Americans - the descendants of those who were enslaved on American soil, and the melanated people who were already on this land before the first ships arrived.
The case is documented and the evidence is overwhelming:
- Special Field Order No. 15 (January 16, 1865) granted 40 acres per family to freed Black Americans. President Andrew Johnson reversed this order and returned the land to former Confederate slaveholders. The first reparations were granted - and then stolen.
- Jim Crow laws enforced a system of legal apartheid for nearly a century, denying voting rights, economic opportunity, and basic human dignity. Convict leasing re-enslaved Black men through fabricated charges.
- Federal redlining policies systematically denied Black families mortgages, home improvement loans, and insurance - while white families used FHA-backed loans to build the suburban wealth that became the backbone of the American middle class.
- Thriving Black communities were deliberately destroyed - Black Wall Street in Tulsa (35 blocks burned, 300 killed, $27M+ in damages), Rosewood, Florida (entire town destroyed), and Oscarville, Georgia (entire Black population expelled, land never returned).
- Mass incarceration and false imprisonment have functioned as extensions of slavery, disproportionately targeting Foundational Black Americans and extracting labor while destroying families.
Economists estimate a minimum of $14 to $16 trillion is needed to close the racial wealth gap - a gap created and maintained by government policy. The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent declared in 2016 that the United States government owes reparations to Black Americans.
No further study is needed. The evidence has been documented. The economic analysis has been completed. Commissions have reported. Scholars have published. The case is clear.
I urge you to support legislation that provides meaningful, tangible reparations directly to Foundational Black Americans - and to ensure that leadership of this effort comes from within the FBA community.
Black history is American history. The debt is clear. The time for payment is now.
Respectfully,
[Your Name]
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Letter 2: FBA Hate Crime Protection Act
[Your Name]
[Your Address]
[City, State, ZIP]
[Date]
Dear [Representative's Name],
I am writing to you as a constituent to demand the immediate passage of the FBA Hate Crime Protection Act - comprehensive federal legislation to protect Foundational Black Americans from the escalating campaign of racially motivated violence being waged against our community.
Our community is under attack. The evidence is undeniable:
On May 13, 2026, a racist livestreamer known as "Chud the Builder" (Dalton Levi Eatherly) shot a disabled Black veteran, Joshua Fox, multiple times outside a Tennessee courthouse. Eatherly had built a following calling Black Americans "chimps" on camera while carrying a firearm. After the shooting, his crowdfunding page raised over $250,000 in donations. His meme coin surged in value. He was rewarded for shooting a Black man. His copycats are multiplying - other streamers now mimic his format, harassing Black Americans on camera for clicks and money.
On May 18, 2026, two white supremacist teenagers - Caleb Vazquez, 18, and Cain Clark, 17 - attacked the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing three people. Their manifestos, titled "The New Crusade: Sons of Tarrant," declared that "killing the n****rs is an overall benefit to this world." They wore Nazi imagery. They livestreamed the massacre to Discord.
On May 14, 2022, Payton Gendron, 18, drove three and a half hours to a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo and livestreamed himself murdering ten Black Americans in a supermarket. During the shooting, he encountered a white store manager - apologized and spared him. The Black people, he killed.
On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof sat in a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston for an hour, then stood up and killed nine Black Americans, including State Senator Clementa Pinckney. His goal was to start a race war.
Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was chased down by three white men in pickup trucks and shot dead while jogging in Georgia. For 74 days, no arrests were made. Local prosecutors protected the killers.
A 2026 report by the civil rights organization JULIAN identified over 70 suspected modern-day lynchings in the Deep South since 2000 - Black men found hanging from trees, consistently ruled "suicides." The FBI documented 3,672 anti-Black hate crime victims in 2024 alone - an 81% increase since 2015. And the FBI admits that 56% of hate crimes are never reported.
I demand that you support legislation that includes:
- Enhanced federal penalties with no plea bargains that reduce hate crime charges
- Dedicated federal prosecution units for anti-FBA hate crimes - no more 74-day delays
- Mandatory hate crime classification when racial motivation is evident - no more ruling lynchings as suicides
- Online radicalization accountability - platforms that host and monetize content targeting Black Americans must face federal consequences
- Victim protection and support - federal funding for legal representation, relocation, and counseling
- Mandatory credible reporting - support the bipartisan Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act (S. 937 / H.R. 2588)
- Accountability for law enforcement - mandatory oversight when agencies fail to investigate hate crimes
These criminals must be convicted to the fullest extent of the law. An attack on one Foundational Black American is an attack on all of us. We will not wait for the next massacre. We will not wait for the next lynching to be called a suicide. We will not wait for the next racist streamer to graduate from slurs to bullets.
Act now. Pass the FBA Hate Crime Protection Act.
Respectfully,
[Your Name]
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Send BOTH letters. Two demands. Two fights. One people.
Submit each letter separately through your representatives' contact forms for maximum impact.
Want to understand the full case? Read the evidence, the history, and the facts.
Read: The Case for Reparations