reparations

San Francisco could be the first city in the United States to make a move that could allow the city to pay reparations in a big way. In a $5 million per person way. The San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee released a report this week. In that report they listed more than 100 […]

An Oklahoma judge ruled that a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can proceed. Three survivors of the deadly racist rampage Lessie Benningfield Randle, 107, Viola Fletcher, 107, and Hughes Van Ellis, 101.and were in the courtroom for the decision. Tulsa County District Court Judge Caroline Wall ruled against a motion to […]

A city council in Asheville North Carolina unanimously approved reparations for Black citizens apologizing for the city’s role in slavery. The vote came down Tuesday night 7-0, the city is not going to directly pay citizens money but instead they’re going to invest in neighborhoods that see racial disparities. The city will form a Community […]

On Tuesday night, officials in the city of Asheville, North Carolina voted unanimously on a resolution that would give reparations to the Black residents of the city. The idea to pay reparations in Asheville has been tossed around for a long time, but after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, lawmakers decided it was […]

In 1838, the Jesuit priests of Georgetown University sold 272 slaves in effort to save the university from financial hardship.