The Office of Freedmen Affairs would guide potential reparations efforts for descendants of enslaved people, including scholarships and tax relief benefits.

Amid the cool afternoon breeze Jan. 25, I stepped into the warmth of an assembly hall where everyone seemed to know each other. Greetings to old friends and community church members echoed under the ...

As we still mourn the passing of the oldest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher, Washington state’s handling of its reparations study shows the fragile line between ...

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in October hosted a meeting of a state-supported reparations committee, where two of its professors and one of its researchers advocated in favor of ...

The effort to provide reparations to Black San Franciscans is another step closer to becoming a reality after the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to establish the Reparations Fund at its ...

Caricom delegation begins high-level meetings in London. The regional body at the forefront of the Caribbean’s push for slavery reparations is preparing for its first official mission to the United ...

(RNS) — At the height of the anti-racism protests following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, the idea of reparations for Black Americans for the long shadow of slavery gained traction. State and ...

Reparation Generation, a national nonprofit, aims to help Black descendants of enslaved people in the U.S. purchase homes in metro Detroit with $25,000 and genealogy consultation. The nonprofit seeks ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed a bill into law on Friday, launching a process for California to administer reparations for descendants of slaves. The governor gave the final green light to Senate ...

ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta has launched a reparations program aimed at addressing economic, educational, health and social disparities. Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Ashli Lincoln learned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Campaigners denounce Cecil Rhodes, leading light of the British Empire, beneath his statue at Oriel College, Oxford, in 2020 - ...

There are 1.2 million Black people in New Jersey, which makes up about 15% of the state's population. The New Jersey Legislature has yet to pass the bill introduced in 2019 for the formation of a ...