reparations

There has not been any determination on how much money will be paid for reparations; for now, the task force is trying to figure out who will be eligible

NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo explains how the California task force is paving the way for national conversations around reparations.

California officials want to pay reparations for government-forced or coerced sterilizations, but are having a hard time finding victims. The state has $4.5 million in reparations to distribute. Some people were victimized during the eugenics movement that peaked during the 1930s. Others were sterilized while in state prisons a decade ago. So far, state officials have awarded payments to 51...

After more than a year delving into history and studies to make its case for reparations to California descendants of enslaved Black people, a first-in-the-nation task force began deliberations Wednesday to quantify how financial compensation might be calculated and what might be required to prove eligibility.

A community organization that pushed to create the first-in-the-nation African American reparations task force in California is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto legislation extending the deadline for the committee to complete its work.

NBC 7’s Omari Fleming takes a look at the report and what racists parts of California’s past it uncovered.

A California task force on Wednesday released a landmark report detailing recommendations for possible reparations for African Americans. Christie Smith reports.

The reparations movement hit a watershed moment Wednesday with the release of an exhaustive report detailing California’s role in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans, a major step toward educating the public and setting the stage for an official government apology and case for financial reparations.

As Providence, Rhode Island, gears up to provide reparations to Black residents for centuries of injustices, city officials are looking beyond just the city’s role in the slave trade.

Members of California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force convened in a historic African American church in San Francisco on Wednesday, making their own history as they work to educate the public and develop a restitution proposal for the people harmed by the institution of slavery.

California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations has decided to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century, narrowly rejecting a proposal to include all Black people regardless of lineage.

California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations voted Tuesday to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century, narrowly rejecting a proposal to include all Black people