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Category: Reparations

Three figures stand facing each other in left of frame. Large portrait mural shows dark-skinned man with white hair and beard in a multi-colored abstract shirt, in front of a blue background.
Posted inReparations

The future of reparations in Boston — and everywhere else

Avatar photo by Jamil Smith June 20, 2024September 26, 2024

In an epilogue to the GBH News podcast series, The Emancipator explores the road ahead for those seeking accountability and imagines what a repaired society would look like.

Red pin reading "Reparations Now! Greenwood Cultural Center Tulsa, OK" over an image of black smoke billowing from fires during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
Posted inReparations

What’s really at stake in the Tulsa Race Massacre reparations trial

Author Caleb Gayle. by Caleb Gayle May 21, 2024May 21, 2024
Posted inReparations

Why reparations for slavery is realistic today

by The Emancipator May 2, 2024May 2, 2024
Close-up of man with medium-dark brown skin and a close-shaven beard, wearing brown glasses and a suit, with his hand resting on his chin.
Posted inReparations

Reparations are a regular part of American history — just not for Black people

by Felice León May 2, 2024May 6, 2024
Two figures stand in the middle of the street with destroyed buildings on either side. Others walk among the rubble.
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Reparations in America aren’t rare. Why the holdout for Black Americans?

Avatar photo by Jamil Smith March 22, 2024March 22, 2024
Composite image. Background: A colonial-style house with blue siding stands in a large yard in winter. Foreground: A handwritten resolution prominently featuring the signature of John Hancock.
Posted inReparations

Can Boston become a model for cities pursuing reparations?

by Saraya Wintersmith February 16, 2024February 28, 2024
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced the members of the city's newly appointed reparations task force at the Museum of African American History, Feb. 7, 2023.
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Boston’s reparations task force is setting a precedent for other states to follow

by Andre M. Perry and Jordan Fields July 28, 2023February 26, 2024
Dorothy Oliver is featured in "The Panola Project," directed by Jeremy S. Levine and Rachael DeCruz. The documentary, which follows creative ways a community works to survive, spotlights Oliver's efforts to help her Panola, Alabama, neighbors get COVID-19 vaccinations in a state with one of the lowest rates of vaccination.
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Black Americans’ poor health outcomes is proof of wildly overdue unpaid tab for slavery

by Mary T. Bassett October 4, 2022February 27, 2024
Posted inMoney

Crypto can be a driver for racial equity

by Cleve Mesidor May 12, 2022May 7, 2024
Posted inMoney

We Can Solve the Racial Wealth Gap

by The Emancipator April 25, 2022March 26, 2024

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