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May 7, 2024 · Since its establishment in 2020, the first-of-its-kind California Reparations Task Force has studied and developed potential reparations to Black people, especially those descended from enslaved persons. This week, UC Berkeley professor Jovan Scott Lewis — who was appointed to that task force in 2021 by Gavin Newsom — joins fellow scholars ...
4 days ago · FILE - Members of the state Assembly meet at the Capitol May 26, 2020, in Sacramento, Calif. The California Senate advanced a set of ambitious reparations proposals Tuesday, May 21, 2024, including legislation that would create a new agency to help Black families research their family lineage. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)
4 days ago · The California Senate advanced a set of ambitious reparations proposals Tuesday, May 21, 2024, including legislation that would create a new agency to help Black families research their family ...
3 days ago · California Black Media. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the state’s historic reparations bill into law. Assembly Bill (AB) 3121 moves descendants of enslaved Americans one step closer to getting restitution for centuries of free labor and legal discrimination that followed it, supporters say.
Apr 29, 2024 · The incident motivated California Governor Newsom to sign a bill into law that created the state Reparations Task Force. The group was charged with researching California’s history with Black residents, and how reparations might remedy years of racism experienced by Black Californians. Researching remedies for enslaved Africans’ descendants
May 7, 2024 · The African American Museum and Library at Oakland is dedicated to the discovery, preservation, interpretation, and sharing of historical and cultural experiences of African Americans in California and the West for present and future generations. The reference library supports the archives and museum.
May 3, 2024 · On May 2, 1967, the Black Panthers entered the California State Capitol with firearms in protest of state gun control legislation. We take a look at the protest's lasting legacy.
