Blazing their own trail: Only the 2nd community in the nation to officially commit to reparations, Amherst is in important and uncharted territory

Editor’s note: This article originally ran in the Valley Advocate.When she was 10 years old, a fourth-grade teacher asked Debora Bridges during a classroom lesson “what it felt like to be a slave” as a “little colored girl.” It happened in 1961. In...

Related Keywords

Evanston ,Illinois ,United States ,Chicago ,Massachusetts ,Americans ,America ,American ,Amilcar Shabazz ,Michele Miller ,Dwayne Breger ,Robin Rue Simmons ,Alexis Reed ,Irvin Rhodes ,Kathleen Anderson ,Kamm Howard ,African Heritage Reparations Assembly ,National Coalition Of Blacks ,African Heritage Reparation Assembly ,University Of Massachusett Donahue Institute ,Town Council ,Umass Clean Energy Extension ,Evanston City Council ,Clean Energy Extension ,Amherst Town Council ,Debora Bridges ,African American ,Massachusett Donahue Institute ,African Americans ,Illinois Alderwoman Robin Rue Simmons ,National Coalition ,Professor Amilcar Shabazz ,Agriculture Rural Energy Pilot Program ,Clean Energy ,African Heritage Reparation ,Amherstma ,Preparations , ,