NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t until his junior year of college that civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons learned about a devastating massacre that took place in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Washington has launched its study into reparations for descendants of enslaved people to address the enduring repercussions of chattel slavery in America. During this first phase of the multiyear ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit against Evanston’s reparations program will be allowed to proceed. The suit was brought by six descendants of Evanston residents in May 2024, and alleges ...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) is pushing for “reparations” for people “traumatized” by ICE amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. Jayapal made the call during a Friday congressional ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A packed room of residents, students, advocates and policy experts gathered in Tompkinsville last weekend, lending their voices to a statewide conversation on reparations and the ...

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LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Ghana intends to propose a United Nations resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as ‌the "gravest crime in the history of humankind" and calling for reparations, and ...

Based on U.S. Census Bureau estimates, 2.3 million people in California identify solely as African American or black. If each of these people receives $1.2 million, the California reparation bill ...

More than five years after Evanston’s Reparations Program made national history as the first-ever government-funded initiative to compensate longtime Black residents for suffering housing ...

While the measure is being considered by local and state governments across the country, reparations advocates face an uphill battle in some cities, yet remain hopeful. Cincinnati NAACP President ...