Task force members say they've uncovered a mountain of evidence showing Fulton County benefited from slavery and the disenfranchisement of its Black residents during Jim Crow.
The Fulton County Reparations Task Force has gathered evidence that the county stole land from Black residents amid a push to grant reparations to descendants of slaves.
A task force commissioned to study reparations in Fulton County, Georgia has put together evidence documenting historic abuses of Black residents by the county and Atlanta.
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