Local and State Reparations: Repairing Black Communities Friday December 1, 2023 — Streamed live from the historic Second Baptist Church, Evanston, IL, “Local and State Reparations: Repairing Black Communities” A…
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November 22, 2023 — Robin Rue Simmons, Executive Director of FirstRepair and Dr. Ron Daniels, Convener of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) announced today that community stakeholders, reparations…
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LOS ANGELES (November 16, 2023) – The California Black Power Network (CBPN), Equal Justice Society (EJS), and six former members of the California Reparations Task Force – Dr. Cheryl Grills,…
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State legislation is seeking to impose limits on discussions of racism in North Carolina, even as one city ramps up its effort to compensate Black residents. By Brentin Mock, Bloomberg…
![Pastor Robert Turner of Empowerment Temple begins his monthly walk from Baltimore to the White House to raise awareness for reparations on Oct. 9, 2023.](https://reparationscomm.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/robert-turner-walk-for-reparations-oct-9-2023-1-1600x900-1-1024x576.jpg)
Rev. Robert Turner walks from Baltimore to DC each month to raise awareness of the need to compensate Black Americans for slavery, discrimination and broken promises. By John-John Williams IV,…
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The movement to compensate American descendants of slavery has gone from 40-acres-and-a-mule to local governments. But who should get paid and how? By Rebekah Sager, Reckon — The current U.S….
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Fulfilling its obligation as a Town Committee established by the Town Council and Town Manager Paul Bockelman, the African Heritage Reparation Assembly of Amherst (AHRA) today released its final report…
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More than 200 people rallied outside San Francisco’s City Hall to urge supervisors to act on reparations for Black residents. By Janie Har, AP — Reparations advocates urged San Francisco…
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By Pat Kimbrough, The High Point Enterprise, N.C. — The One High Point Commission on Thursday brought its work to substantial completion by unanimously adopting its “Reparations and Reconciliation Report.”…
![Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced the members of the city's newly appointed reparations task force at the Museum of African American History, Feb. 7, 2023.](https://reparationscomm.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-museum-of-african-american-history-020723-1600x900-1-1024x576.jpg)
Local, state, and federal public policies have undoubtedly robbed Black Americans of opportunities to build wealth. By Andre M. Perry and Jordan Fields, Boston Globe — Massachusetts led an embryonic…
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The bill, H.R. 4321, would prohibit the federal government from providing financial assistance to states, local counties, and municipalities that approve reparations laws. By Melissa Noel, Essence — Texas lawmakers…
![The predominantly Black Fifth Ward in Evanston, Ill. The Chicago suburb is preparing to pay reparations in the form of housing grants to Black residents who experienced housing discrimination.](https://reparationscomm.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/how-reparations-pioneer-evanston-ill-is-rolling-out-payments-to-black-citizens-1-1024x576.jpg)
The city started disbursing reparations payments to locals in 2022, in the form of vouchers for housing, and has since expanded them to include cash. By Chanelle Chandler, Yahoo News…