STOP DEPORTING BLACK AMERICANS
BACK TO LIBERIA
By supporters
New York – A Liberian national has filed a civil lawsuit
claiming that he and other Liberians are rightfully United States Citizens, as
much as any Hawaiian or Puerto Rican, if not more, but that they have continuously
been discriminated against based on racial origin.
Mr. Reeves claim that he is the third generation of black
Americans who were forcefully removed from the U.S. and sent to a land that was
named Liberia. Mr. Reeves claim is valid
and not without substance. According to
many historians, at the end of slavery, many angry whites and members of the Ku
Klux Klan did not want to live in the same community or country with black
Americans because they considered them inferior and not good enough to share
the same country along with. They
purchased a land and named it Liberia, meaning “free.” While some black Americans were fooled into
believing that if they left their own country and went to the newly found land,
they would have all kinds of incentives, many other black Americans were
forcefully ejected from the United States and deported to Liberia. Mr. Reeves argues that by a long shot, many
of those departures were not done voluntarily, that those black Americans were
deported from their own country by the United States, and under the auspices of
a racist organization called the ACS (American Colonization Society) which was
ran and funded by mostly angry ex-slave owners and never had the best interest
of black America at heart. Many black
Americans, such as Mr. Reeves’ great grandparents fell as victims and his
family tree backs up his claims.
Therefore, Mr. Reeves is suing that he and all other Liberians, in the
same shoes, are entitled to a piece of the American pie.
According to the complaint, “Liberian history is a part of
American history.”
Mr. Reeves’ states that now “that the confederate flag is
going down,” the timing is ripe for him to bring his lawsuit. Mr. Reeves’ complaint filed in the U.S.
District Court for the District of New Jersey seeks billions in restitution,
development for Liberia, and indemnification packages.
For decades, many historians have quietly sung the same
chorus and countless books have been written about the same issue. A search on the internet of Liberian history
will support all of the claims of this man.
Now, the question remains will Judge Stanley R. Chesler allow the
complaint to go forward and let this man have his day in court, so to speak.
