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A tribal judge for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma last week ruled that two lineal descendants of Black people who were enslaved by the tribe, known as Freedmen, are eligible for tribal citizenship. As the Civil War drew closer, the tribe was split; A portion of the Nation allied with the Confederacy and the other allied with the Union.

California voters oppose the idea of the state offering cash payments to the descendants of enslaved African Americans by a 2-to-1 margin, according to the results of a new poll.

California is at the forefront of the plan to grant reparations to blacks for slavery and discrimination. The state's published plan to pay up to $800 billion makes no sense, especially since California entered the Union as a free state.

California is at the forefront of the plan to grant reparations to blacks for slavery and discrimination. The state's published plan to pay up to $800 billion makes no sense, especially since California entered the Union as a free state.

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media - The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) has expressed uncertainty regarding the potential effects of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Behavioral Health Modernization Proposal on children and youth mental health services spending, as there is no funding requirement for children and youth, while suicide rates among Black youth have risen to more than 12 per 100,000 youth in 2020, up from six per 100,000 in 2014.

On Aug. 10, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office issued a report evaluating the impact of Gov. Newsom’s Health Modernization Proposal.

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer - The first annual Stephon Clark Minority Mental Health Expo brought together advocates, leaders and professionals to raise awareness of the importance of mental health in minority communities, with mothers who lost their sons or grandsons to police violence sharing their stories and discussing how African Americans’ mental health is impacted by police brutality, homelessness and its connection to reparations.

Even if they never pass, keeping black reparations alive is permanent Democrat policy in California.

The legacy of slavery has done unspeakable harm to African Americans in California. History proves that the case for paying reparations is compelling.

That promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed Black slaves turned out to be short-lived and mostly unfulfilled. The order, signed by Gen. William Sherman with President Abraham