The new Biden administration is looking into reparations to minority communities for harm done in the past. Well known are Native Americans, their loss of autonomy, territory, forced cultural assimilation, and the national neglect for their well-being. Less known, our African American citizens. African Americans, present before and since our Independence, have been discriminated against for hundreds of years. In housing (e.g., âredliningâ by banks for mortgages), in funding for education, in job opportunities, in health care and in voting. Our city of Huntington is no exception to the inequity. A sad and long history of our society and government denying our citizens their chance to thrive and contribute to our country.