12 Feb, 2025

Slavery reparations in Amherst could include funding for youth programs and housing

Local News The council Monday night will consider a report from the town’s African Heritage Reparation Assembly on how those funds should be spent. By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press October 16, 2023 | 2:37 PM BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts college town that established one of the nation’s first reparation funds for Black residents is […]

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City of Boston looking for partners to research city’s ties to slavery

Local News The city’s Task Force on Reparations is putting together a comprehensive report on the history and legacy of slavery in Boston from 1620 to the present. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announces the newly-appointed members of the Task Force on Reparations at the Museum of African American History in February 2023. Matthew J. Lee/Globe […]

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