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By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ | California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ Last month, Lawrence Lucas, founder of the United States Department of Agriculture Coalition of Minority Employees (USDA-CME), testified before the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. Lucas said racism is the prime reason there are just a little over 400 Black […]| By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ | California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ Last month, Lawrence Lucas,...

When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the Black community owned less than 1% of the United States’ total wealth, the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans was told during its fourth meeting.

Fifty years after the federal Fair Housing Act eliminated racial discrimination in lending, the Black community continues to be denied mortgage loans at rates much higher than their white counterparts.

To move beyond a painful past, a society needs to first acknowledge that past and then...

With seven meetings left before drafting their final report, the California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals has enlisted the assistance of Dr. Darrick Hamilton, a scholar and leading national authority on race and public policy.

A number of activist groups in California are calling for more government involvement and community engagement in discussions ...

California’s Reparations Task Force recently heard ideas ranging from “40 acres and a Tesla” to cash settlements to ...

The move comes nearly a century after Bruce’s Beach was wrongfully taken from Black entrepreneurs Willa and Charles Bruce.

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A California task force met for the first time with the goal of developing recommendations for reparations for Black Americans over the next two years.