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As Evanston, Illinois Approves Reparations For Black Residents, Will The Country Follow?

Author: PBS NewsHour

Narrator: PBS NewsHour

Unabridged: 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/24/2021


Synopsis

The nation's first government-backed reparations initiative was green litthis week in Evanston, Illinois, a Chicago suburb where about 16 percent ofits 75,000 residents are Black. The city council has promised $10 millionover 10 years. John Yang discusses how the program could serve as a modelfor the rest of the country with Ron Daniels of the National AfricanAmerican Reparations Commission.

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