reparations for slavery
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Minnesota City Creates Committee to Give Reparations to Descendants of Enslaved Africans
The St. Paul City Council voted to create the St, Paul Recovery Act Community Reparations Commission.
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Rhode Island Mayor Seeking $10 Million In Reparations For Black And Indigenous Communities
The money will go to those facing eviction and displaced by urban renewal.
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Will California Be The First State To Offer Reparations For Slavery?
A task force is creating recommendations to the state's legislature right now
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Boston Passes Resolution Apologizing For Slavery Role
The Massachusetts capital is also looking at creating a commission looking into continuing solutions such as reparations.
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California Reparations Task Force Releases ‘Groundbreaking’ First Report
The California task force outlined harms against its African American citizens and steps to address those wrongs that may serve as a future blueprint.
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California Task Force on Reparations Votes to Limit Compensation to Descendants of Slaves [UPDATED]
State compensation will only go to descendants of free and enslaved Black people in the U.S. in the 19th century.
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House Dems Say They Can Finally Get a Reparations Commission Passed
But the idea would still have a long way to go in the Senate
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California is the First State to Consider Reparations Legislation for Black People
A California task force has studied historical discrimination against Black people and proposed legislation to break the barriers created by systemic racism.