Reparations Policy Tracker

Key highlights from Demario Solomon Simmons on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre legacy:

• Founder of Justice for Greenwood and lead attorney for the last...

California Reparations Advocacy

• 🔥 Bruce’s Beach Attorney Pushes Economic Remedies: George Fatheree argues in SF Chronicle that Piedmont's...

Key governance red flags in NYC's municipal reparations push:

• Outsourcing core job: $5M/year Commission on Racial Equity seeks vendor for slavery...

Key highlights from Damario Solomon-Simmons' new book Redeem a Nation (out May 12):

• 1921 Massacre destroyed thriving Black Wall Street; 2020...

Tensions rise in California reparations push:

• State apology plaque delayed until Capitol construction ends, fulfilling AB 3089's symbolic nod to...

• CCRR hosts two free workshops April 28 at Trinity AME Zion Church (203 Oak St.), 5-6:30pm & 7-8:30pm
• Features historical readings, discussions,...

Stark 2021 data exposes policy layers trapping Black wealth:

• Homeownership: 75% white vs 45% Black (unchanged since 1970); redlining lingers,...

Illinois' ADCRC held a pivotal public hearing at DuSable Museum on April 25, advancing lineage-based reparations for Black Illinoisans descended from...

Key betrayals in global reparative justice:

• On March 25, UN resolution—led by Ghana—declared slavery the gravest crime against humanity; Trump admin...

Charleston Reparations Task Force Gains Descendant Support

• 🔥 Middleton Family Descendant Backs Land Transfer: Mary Middleton, a descendant of...

Emerging international trends offer key lessons for US reparations task forces and FBA/ADOS strategies:

• Strong victim support for reparations as...

• Medical torture on enslaved Black women: Dr. J. Marion Sims performed 30 surgeries on 17-year-old Anarcha without anesthesia, perfecting gynecology...

Model of descendant accountability: Mary Middleton, Middleton family heir, endorses Charleston Reparations Task Force's April 22 demand to transfer...

Quick rebuttals to the viral anti-reps trope:

• Myth: Blacks can't prove lineage (e.g., 'don't know dad'). Fact: Millions of federal records since...

City-Level Reparations Initiatives

• 🔥 Portland Housing Project: A Portland nonprofit broke ground on a $163 million mixed-use development to...

Key international wins for slavery reparations legitimacy – vital comparison for FBA/ADOS US advocacy:

• Thousands marched in London on Emancipation...

Williams & Russell CDC breaks ground on $163M project to return displaced Black Portlanders to Albina via Northeast Preference Policy.

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Key push in CA reparations efforts:

• AB2599 (Truth in Disclosure Act), by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, compels major corporations to reveal...

• Mayor Daniel Lurie signed the Reparations Bill two days before Christmas, creating a Reparations Fund for eligible Black residents.
• Fund targets...

Key developments signaling state-level push for accountability:

• Task Force insights: Law students interview members, including conversation with Don...