Andre Baldwin, a 9th grader in Philadelphia, spoke at a reparations task force meeting in City Hall last month. Attempts at seeking reparation for slavery has been a non-starter in Congress.
Multiple states have introduced bills calling for further study or action.
Some localities have put programs in place, but these have become subject to pushback from lawsuits. More than 150 years have passed since slavery was abolished in the U.S., but the effort to grapple with its harms continues to this day. The idea of reparations — making financial amends — remains highly controversial, but multiple […]
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