Tulsa’s mayor recently announced a $105 million reparations plan, but action at the federal level remains long-stalled.
No restitution was ever made to those who lost loved ones or property in the 1921 massacre that razed the prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood.
After Lotte Lieb Dula discovered her family connection to slavery, she crafted an online guide to reparations and racial healing.
Scholars say local action directed at improving access to housing, health care and education are more likely to pass than cash payments.
Recommendations start “with those folks who are clearly descendants of 250 years of wage theft in this country,” says Sen. Steven Bradford.
After a state task force issued a nearly 1,100-page report in 2023, lawmakers are starting to look at reparations policy options.
Kevin Harrington spent 17 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Now, he’s waiting for a form of financial justice.
A California task force weighs which Black residents could be eligible.
A Baltimore church that worked against Black homeownership is now investing in it.
A personal connection to slavery sparked a reckoning that lead to reparations.
