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State Reparations Resources

Source: Black Reparations Project Repository

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Reparations Task Forces, Commissions, and Committees in the U.S.

  1. Amherst, Massachusetts African Heritage Reparation Assembly

  2. Asheville, North Carolina Community Reparations Commission

  3. Boston, Massachusetts Task Force on Reparations

  4. Burlington, Vermont Reparations Task Force

  5. Detroit, Michigan City Council Reparations Task Force

  6. Evanston, Illinois Reparations Committee

  7. Fulton County, Georgia Reparations Task Force

  8. Greenbelt, Maryland Commission to Study and Develop Local Reparations Proposals

  9. Kansas City, Missouri Commission on Reparations Committee

  10. New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies

  11. Northampton Reparations Study Commission

  12. Providence, Rhode Island Municipal Reparations Commission

  13. Saint Paul, Minnesota Recovery Act Community Reparations Commission

  14. State of Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission

  15. St. Louis, Missouri Reparations Commission

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Reparations Legislation in the U.S.

  1. 20 ILCS 405/405-540 State of Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission

  2. A938 Establishes New Jersey Reparations Task Force

  3. Amherst Resolution Affirming the Town of Amherst’s Commitment to End
    Structural Racism and Achieve Racial Equity for Black Residents

  4. Detroit LPD Report & Proposed Resolution – Community Reparations (08-18-2020)

  5. Evanston Ordinance 102-O-20; Amending Portions of the City Code Codifying the Reparations Committee

  6. Fulton County A Resolution Creating and Establishing the Fulton County
    Reparations Task Force To Research The Feasibility of Slavery Reparations For
    Blacks Who Live In Fulton County, Georgia; And For Other Purposes.

  7. H.387 Burlington, Vermont Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals

  8. H.R. 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act

  9. H.Res. 414 Recognizing that the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States

  10. Ordinance of 2022 – Chapter 12 Boston Reparations

  11. Ordinance No. 220966 Kansas City, Missouri Commission on Reparations Committee

  12. Proposed S.B. No. 818, Session Year 2023, An Act Establishing a Connecticut Reparations Task Force

  13. Resolution No. 20-128 Ashville Resolution Supporting Community Reparations for Black Asheville

  14. Resolution No. 2094 Greenbelt, Maryland Referendum Question to Establish Commission to Study and Develop Local Reparations Proposals

  15. Rhode Island Executive Order 2022-4 Establishing the Providence Municipal Reparations Commission

  16. S01163A Establishes the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies

  17. S. 40 The Commission to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans Act

  18. Resolution 21-77 St. Paul Reparations

  19. St. Louis Executive Order No. 75 Establishing City of St. Louis Reparations
    Commission

 

Reparations Reports in the U.S.

  1. Burlington, Vermont Reparations Task Force Summary (2022)

  2. City of Evanston Equity & Empowerment Commission Reparations Recommendations (2019)

  3. Fulton County Reparations Task Force Report (2021-23)

  4. City of Providence Municipal Reparations Commission Report (2022)

  5. The Electoral Impact of Racial Reckoning: The Implications of Candidates’ Support for Reparations on Voter Engagement in Detroit Report, University of Michigan (2022)

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Reparative Efforts in Higher Education

  1. Bryn Mawr Racial Justice Impact Fund

  2. Georgetown University Reflects on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation

  3. Howard University School of Law Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center

  4. Louisiana State University CFFS Exchange Program: Slavery in Louisiana, Martinique, and the Caribbean: Websites

  5. Michigan State University African American Studies Transformative Gift

  6. Northeastern University School of Law Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project

  7. University of California Berkeley Othering & Belonging Institute California Reparations Task Force Collection of Expert Testimonies

  8. University of California Los Angeles Lonnie Bunch Center Black Policy Project

  9. University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries Reparations in the United States Timeline

  10. University of Michigan Center for Social Solutions Crafting Democratic Futures Project

  11. University of Virginia Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship Program

  12. University of Virginia Universities Studying Slavery Consortium

  13. University of Wisconsin Madison Libraries Repair & Reparations, African Americans Research Guide

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Source: Black Reparations Project Repository

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