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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson makes sweet reparations to 7-Eleven for formerly sticky fingers

Monday, November 28 by ABC News

(NOTE LANGUAGE) At a 7-Eleven in Hawaii over the weekend, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson took to Instagram to exorcise a "chocolate demon" he has wrestled with "for decades." The Black Adam superstar explained that in 1987, he and his mother were... Read More.

Reparations task force listening tour lays foundation for next steps

Tuesday, August 9 by ABC News

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Two months after the California Reparations Task Force released its initial report detailing the state’s history of slavery and the ongoing impact of race-based discrimination, the state has launched a series of listening sessions in order to receive community feedback on... Read More.

College campuses see growing reparations movement

Saturday, July 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Universities across the country are studying their relationship to slavery and are being called on by students to address their histories by making symbolic and financial reparations. During the colonial era the wealth of universities, in the form of endowments and benefactors, was... Read More.

Advocates call on Biden to act on reparations study by Juneteenth

Friday, June 17 by ABC News

Beatrice Peterson, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- It's been more than a month since a dozen civil rights and religious groups say they sent a letter to the White House calling on President Joe Biden sign an executive order to study reparations by Juneteenth, or this... Read More.

California reparations report lays out path to remedy systemic racism

Wednesday, June 1 by ABC News

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- A first-in-the-nation task force in California created to examine slavery and its impact on the Black community released an almost 500-page report on the ongoing harms caused by slavery, political disenfranchisement, segregation and other racist and discriminatory practices. The report tackles how... Read More.

California panel vote to limit reparations makes eligibility difficult to prove, narrows slavery’s impact, experts say

Friday, April 1 by ABC News

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- A California task force’s decision to limit reparations for slavery to people who can trace their lineage to free and enslaved Black people living in the U.S. during the 19th century has drawn criticism from task force members and experts who say... Read More.

Black-led nonprofit receives ‘reparations payment’ from slaveholder’s descendant

Tuesday, June 1 by ABC News

(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- A nonprofit organization supporting the Black community in Kentucky said they received a "six-figure reparations payment" from a white American who recently discovered her ancestor enslaved people in the area. Andreana Bridges, an administrative associate at Change Today, Change Tomorrow, a Black-led... Read More.

House committee advances reparations bill: ‘We’re giving America the opportunity for redemption’

Thursday, April 15 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A bill that will create a commission to study and make recommendations on how to best provide reparations to the descendants of enslaved people in the U.S. has taken a historic leap forward after being advanced by a House committee. With a vote... Read More.

Chicago suburb of Evanston approves reparations housing program for Black residents

Tuesday, March 23 by ABC News

By MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- The Chicago suburb of Evanston has approved the first phase of a landmark $10 million reparations program that will give housing grants to Black residents targeted by discriminatory policies.On Monday evening, 5th... Read More.

How the first US city to fund reparations for Black residents is making amends

Monday, March 1 by ABC News

By ASHLEY BROWN, EMILIE DE SAINTE MARESVILLE and ALLIE YANG, ABC News(EVANSTON, Ill.) -- Evanston, Illinois, is like a lot of American cities. The city just north of Chicago appears picturesque, updated and grand on one side -- but not... Read More.

After racial unrest across US Congress takes another look at reparations

Wednesday, February 17 by ABC News

By BEATRICE PETERSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- After the Civil War, formerly enslaved families were promised by Union leadership 40 acres and a mule. The offer was never fulfilled, yet a reminder to the centuries-old promise that has remained in Congress for... Read More.

Some experts propose reparations as solution for decades of racial health inequities

Friday, November 6 by ABC News

By DR. DIVYA CHHABRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 exacerbates long standing health inequities affecting the Black population, a growing chorus of experts suggest reparations could help narrow the divide.The concept of government-issued reparations for the descendants... Read More.

Stories tagged with: reparations

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson makes sweet reparations to 7-Eleven for formerly sticky fingers

Reparations task force listening tour lays foundation for next steps

College campuses see growing reparations movement

Advocates call on Biden to act on reparations study by Juneteenth

California reparations report lays out path to remedy systemic racism

California panel vote to limit reparations makes eligibility difficult to prove, narrows slavery’s impact, experts say

Black-led nonprofit receives ‘reparations payment’ from slaveholder’s descendant

House committee advances reparations bill: ‘We’re giving America the opportunity for redemption’

Chicago suburb of Evanston approves reparations housing program for Black residents

How the first US city to fund reparations for Black residents is making amends

After racial unrest across US Congress takes another look at reparations

Some experts propose reparations as solution for decades of racial health inequities

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