Reparations Policy Tracker

• Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission releases first comprehensive report, “Taking Account: A History of Racial Harm & Injustice...

Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research issues Ninth Newsletter (2026) demanding Reparations, Justice Must Come:

• Opens in an upside-down...

Haiti's pre-revolutionary enslavement sets stage for reparations debate:

• Over 750,000 Africans forcibly labored there before the 1791 Revolution.
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Key lessons for U.S. accountability from South Africa's model:

• TRC deal: Amnesty for full public confessions of apartheid crimes (1960-1994),...

Centuries of Black women-led advocacy prefigure HR40 and modern demands:

• Callie Guy House launched the largest ex-slave pension association in 1898,...

Faith-based organizing in action:

• Baltimore Presbytery launched Reparative Justice Initiative post-Freddie Gray, driving church-wide radical...

Emerging local models target property discrimination legacies:

• Evanston pioneer: First U.S. city paying $25K to 137 Black residents (1919-1969...

Tensions rise at Morehouse over Joseph Smith portrait in MLK Chapel, exposing rifts in Black scholarship on slavery-linked figures:

• Alumni object:...

Political caution grips Asheville's landmark reparations push after CRC's 39 recommendations sat idle since late 2025.

Key hedging factors:

• Federal...

Reparative justice milestone: MFA Boston returns two vessels to David Drake's descendants—first slavery-related art ownership claim resolved.
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• Task force report outlines reparations plans to right wrongs "continu[ing] to physically and mentally harm African Americans today"
• 2024 Priority...

Key barriers to San Francisco's Reparations Fund implementation:

• Funding irony: Initiative, signed by Mayor Lurie on Dec 23, 2025, may be funded by...

Civil Eats highlights Black farmers' fight to reclaim land amid historical wrongs:

• Turbulent era: 2020 pandemic, BLM movement, Biden equity efforts,...

Key preview of NY's state commission work:

• Community-engaged research: Statewide meetings and input review on slavery's generational effects since...

Dr. Gail C. Christopher urges reclaiming Black narratives while advancing HR 40 for reparations on slavery's ongoing impact. NAARC provides quick links to get involved now.

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