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In Likely First, Chicago Suburb Of Evanston Approves Reparations For Black Residents

Rachel Treisman

The new program, which aims to address harms suffered by Black residents due to the city's past discriminatory housing policies, is part of a larger reparations fund established in 2019.

A man kneels and raises his fist in the air during a march and protest to mark the Juneteenth holiday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial June 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.

A Call For Reparations: How America Might Narrow The Racial Wealth Gap

Terry Gross

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says 250 years of slavery and 100 years of legalized segregation robbed Black Americans of the ability to accumulate wealth; cash payments would help repair the damage.

A large woodcut image of an enslaved man appeared in an 1837 publication of an antislavery poem.

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Slavery Reparations

The debate for reparations for African Americans and the descendants of slaves is one that has persisted since the official end of slavery with the…

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. She is the sponsor of H.R. 40, the bill to establish a commission to study reparations.

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Congressional Hearing On Slavery Reparations Set For Wednesday

Richard Gonzales

A proposal to create a commission to study reparations for African Americans comes as the presidential election season is kicking into gear. Some Democratic hopefuls support reparations.