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In 1870, a Black woman sued her enslaver for reparations and won
Henrietta Wood was born into slavery. After she was freed, she sued her enslaver for $20,000 — $500…
Christine Jean-Baptiste
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A reparations case brought by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre's centenarian survivors was dismissed with prejudice
Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108, Viola Fletcher, 109, and Hughes Van Ellis, 102, the last known sur…
Hannah Getahun
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Aristocratic British family whose ancestors owned 1,000 slaves to apologize and pay $120,000 to reparations fund
The Trevelyan family, whose ancestors owned six sugar plantations on the Caribbean island of Grenad…
Bethany Dawson
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A California property called Bruce's Beach was officially returned to the Black family it was stolen from nearly 100 years ago
The Bruce's property was seized in 1924 in a "racially motivated attempt to drive out the successfu…
Katie Balevic
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To help end the war in Ukraine, seize Russia's state assets and use them for reparations
Too often proponents of a deal to end the war dwell on concessions that Ukraine must make, instead …
Charles R. Davis
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Benedict Cumberbatch's family could face legal pressure to pay reparations over historical links to Barbados slave trade, report says
Barbados, in the Caribbean, may seek reparations from slave owners' descendants. Benedict Cumberbat…
Joshua Zitser
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California task force determines that only direct descendants of US slaves will receive reparations
Black immigrants and their descendants will not be eligible for the statewide initiative to address…
DeArbea Walker
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John Kerry says there will be 'an outcome of some kind' in talks with poorer nations about climate reparations and again called on China to chip in
Developing countries want to make rich ones pay for outsized contributions to the climate crisis, a…
Catherine Boudreau
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill returning historic 'Bruce's Beach' land to descendants of Black couple who were run out a century ago
"We do thank God, because this is something that we've been praying for, for decades," great-great …
Azmi Haroun
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Australia says it will give $55,000 to survivors of an old practice that took indigenous children from their families to live in white communities
As many as one in three indigenous children were taken between 1910 and the 1970s, on the belief th…
Matthew Loh
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LA County officials will return a beach property worth millions nearly 100 years after it was seized from a Black family
Willa and Charles Bruce were among the first Black landowners in Manhattan Beach, where they create…
Taylor Ardrey
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The state of California is poised to pay compensation to victims forcibly sterilized by the state, report says
According to the Associated Press, once approved, the state will give about $25,000 to victims of t…
Taylor Ardrey
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Their ancestors died before they could fully enjoy the reparations they received. Years later, the money 'played a big role' in going to college.
Breanna Larkins and Keri Miller are two descendants of the 1923 massacre that destroyed a thriving …
Taylor Ardrey
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'Never forget' the terror of Tulsa. But for Black Americans, reflection without reparations is American myth-making
The US often honors its past without making amends for its transgressions when they've benefitted a…
Ray Baker
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Police convictions aren't equivalent to justice, family members of police brutality victims say. They want reparations to make up for generations of institutionalized racism.
Derek Chauvin's conviction is a step toward justice. But activists argue broader reparations like d…
Yelena Dzhanova
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'More hopeful than ever:' Biden's lead on racial equity is a promising signal for reparations, experts say
The White House confirmed last month that President Joe Biden continued to back a study of reparati…
Bre'Anna Grant
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An Illinois city is paying $10 million in reparations to Black residents - a US first - beginning with mortgage relief
Evanston, Illinois' city council will spend the first $400,000 on housing and mortgage assistance f…
Natasha Dailey
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San Francisco officials weigh giving Black residents $1 homes and $97,000 a year of as part of a massive reparations plan
A committee laid out over 100 recommendations. Local legislators could eventually turn some into la…
Alcynna Lloyd
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California becomes first state to officially consider reparations for slavery
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation creating a task force that will study the effects o…
Charles Davis
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Black Californians could get $223,000 each in reparations — and it could even help close the state's homeownership gap
A special task force assembled by Governor Gavin Newsom is preparing a final proposal on reparation…