CALIFORNIA’S REPARATIONS TASK FORCE IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER STATE LAWMAKERS BLOCKED TWO REPARATIONS RELATED PROPOSALS. THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS DECIDED TO WITHHOLD THOSE BILLS FROM MOVING ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t until his junior year of college that civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons learned about a devastating massacre that took place in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Washington has launched its study into reparations for descendants of enslaved people to address the enduring repercussions of chattel slavery in America. During this first phase of the multiyear ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being ...

Based on U.S. Census Bureau estimates, 2.3 million people in California identify solely as African American or black. If each of these people receives $1.2 million, the California reparation bill ...

More than five years after Evanston’s Reparations Program made national history as the first-ever government-funded initiative to compensate longtime Black residents for suffering housing ...

While the measure is being considered by local and state governments across the country, reparations advocates face an uphill battle in some cities, yet remain hopeful. Cincinnati NAACP President ...

Cincinnati's vice mayor has proposed a reparations program to address past discriminatory housing policies. The program would offer financial aid for home purchasing and maintenance to certain ...

In 2024, former Ward 1 Alderperson Phoebe Brown and Kayla Matos (D-1st Ward) co-sponsored and passed a proposal allocating $50,000 of Ithaca’s 2025 budget to funding a study on reparations for Black ...

A University of Connecticut professor and reparations expert spoke to the African American Cultural Center (AACC) about his research on U.S. reparations for slavery on Wednesday. Dr. Thomas Craemer is ...