/tags/slave-reparations slave reparations en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:45:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-12-12/floridas-capital-city-approves-plan-to-sell-golf-course-built-on-slaves-graves-despite-outcry Local officials in Florida's capital city have voted to sell a city-owned golf course built on top of the graves of enslaved people to a once-segregated country club. The Tallahassee City Commission voted 3 to 2 to approve the deal Wednesday, despite vocal opposition from local residents and historians. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:45:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-12-12/floridas-capital-city-approves-plan-to-sell-golf-course-built-on-slaves-graves-despite-outcry Kate Payne | Associated Press/Report for America /history/2025-04-21/descendants-of-slave-owners-and-enslaved-people-in-the-caribbean-call-for-reparations-at-the-un For the first time, descendants of slave owners and slaves in former British colonies in the Caribbean sat at the same table with diplomats and experts from those nations to discuss the issue of reparations. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:49:00 GMT /history/2025-04-21/descendants-of-slave-owners-and-enslaved-people-in-the-caribbean-call-for-reparations-at-the-un Edith M. Lederer | Associated Press /florida-news/2024-06-17/40-acres-and-a-lie-details-a-broken-promise-of-reparations-to-formerly-enslaved-people In an investigative series, journalists identified 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans — including people in Florida — who were given land by the U.S. government, only to have it taken away. Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:30:00 GMT /florida-news/2024-06-17/40-acres-and-a-lie-details-a-broken-promise-of-reparations-to-formerly-enslaved-people Gabriella Pinos /news/2022-04-27/harvard-releases-report-detailing-its-ties-to-slavery-plans-to-issue-reparations A committee formed by Harvard President Lawrence Bacow found that Harvard faculty and staff enslaved 70 people from the school's founding in 1636 to the banning of slavery in Massachusetts in 1783. Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:50:00 GMT /news/2022-04-27/harvard-releases-report-detailing-its-ties-to-slavery-plans-to-issue-reparations Ayana Archie /2021-11-12/a-bill-to-study-reparations-for-slavery-had-momentum-in-congress-but-still-no-vote Legislation to create a commission to study reparations faces steep odds in the evenly divided Congress. Advocates want the House to take up the bill, or for President Biden to act on his own. Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:32:14 GMT /2021-11-12/a-bill-to-study-reparations-for-slavery-had-momentum-in-congress-but-still-no-vote Juana Summers /news/2021-04-14/bill-to-create-commission-on-reparations-nears-historic-house-vote The legislation would create a commission that would study the effects of slavery and racial discrimination, hold hearings and recommend "appropriate remedies" to Congress. Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:50:25 GMT /news/2021-04-14/bill-to-create-commission-on-reparations-nears-historic-house-vote Juana Summers /show/sundial/2019-12-05/art-installation-explores-the-racial-inequality-of-sleep-and-offers-reparations When you walk through the installation, “Black Power Naps/Siestas Negras” you’re automatically sucked into a world of relaxation. There are six… Thu, 05 Dec 2019 22:43:53 GMT /show/sundial/2019-12-05/art-installation-explores-the-racial-inequality-of-sleep-and-offers-reparations /2019-07-11/buttigieg-proposes-broad-plan-to-counter-racial-inequality Struggling to resolve racial tensions in South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg exclusively shared with NPR his "Douglass Plan," named for the famed abolitionist. He compares it to the Marshall Plan. Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:01:00 GMT /2019-07-11/buttigieg-proposes-broad-plan-to-counter-racial-inequality Rachel Martin, Josh Axelrod /2019-06-18/congressional-hearing-on-slavery-reparations-set-for-wednesday A proposal to create a commission to study reparations for African Americans comes as the presidential election season is kicking into gear. Some Democratic hopefuls support reparations. Wed, 19 Jun 2019 02:26:00 GMT /2019-06-18/congressional-hearing-on-slavery-reparations-set-for-wednesday Richard Gonzales /2019-03-01/2020-democrats-wrestle-with-a-big-question-what-are-reparations Cory Booker, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Marianne Williamson and Elizabeth Warren all support the idea of compensation for past discrimination. But the details are creating a more complex debate. Fri, 01 Mar 2019 10:00:23 GMT /2019-03-01/2020-democrats-wrestle-with-a-big-question-what-are-reparations Danielle Kurtzleben