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ADOS Los Angeles Makes Statement on Recent Misrepresentation

Sentinel News WireDecember 30, 2019

On December 29, 2019 ADOS Los Angeles was unfairly attacked by two guests appearing on the Tieesha Essex YouTube Channel. The guests falsely presented themselves as credible sources of information and chose to discredit the work of ADOS Los Angeles by creating a false narrative surrounding the ADOS movement and its current members. The sole purpose of this video was to cause dissension amongst the Los Angeles members of the ADOS community and cast doubt on the work being done by the group. ADOS Los Angeles, a lineage based membership organization, believes in a black agenda

ADOS Town Hall calls for multi-trillion-dollar reparations program and a new agenda for Black America

Imani Sumbi, Contributing WriterAugust 23, 2019

After decades of relentless political indifference, reparations for slavery have finally arrived at the forefront of national American politics. Practically every 2020 Democratic presidential candidate has embraced the concept to some degree. Many of them attended Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention in April and promised to sign H.R. 40 if elected president. However, many Black Americans remain concerned as to how substantial the candidates’ plans for reparations truly are. Are candidates making reparations a real priority, or has the term merely become the latest buzzword, guaranteed to garner applause on a debate stage?

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Reparations for Descendants of the Slave Trade Emerges as Democrats’ Campaign Platform

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent April 11, 2019

“In this context, new organizations such as ADOS (American Descendants of Slavery) also emerged and certainly contributed to the visibility of the debate on reparations,” Dr. Araujo said. “Unlike previous movements, ADOS gained more visibility through the presence of its founders on social media that helped disseminating the #ADOS hashtag,” said Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo, who authored the groundbreaking 2017 book, “Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History.”

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Four Hundred Years and We Still Ain’t Clear: Distortions of Black History

Julianne MalveauxFebruary 28, 2019

“…there is this misguided group of Afrodescendants, who are throwing shade at those who are not ‘American descendants of slaves’ ADOS. Their shade is an odd version of the “am I Black enough for you” game that some folks ran against President Barack Obama, and are now running against Presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Corey Booker.”