Second Reparations Task Force meeting calls for more voices of Black Californians
Second Reparations Task Force meeting calls for more voices of Black Californians
July 26, 2021
by Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media
On July 9, California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans held its second meeting in a series of 10.
During the Zoom conference, the group’s nine members shared differing views on how to best get Black Californians involved in their deliberations.
But they all agreed on one key point: Having voices and ideas of African Americans across the state influence their conversations would be the best approach to successfully accomplish their work.
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Legislative Black Caucus Celebrates Juneteenth
Much like the story of Juneteenth, the California Black miners’ experience is largely excluded from texts and research. But one of those stories of servitude was told by the event’s keynote speaker Jonathan Burgess from the California African American Gold Rush Historical Association.
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ByAntonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media & Post News Staff CA Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber and Senator Steven Bradford (D-LA), chair of the Legislative Black Caucus.
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