California became the first state in the nation to come up with a plan to address reparations for slavery and the lingering effects of anti-Black racism in the United States….
![Assemblymember Lori Wilson, chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, announces the 2024 reparations package of bills Feb. 20 at the Capitol.](https://ibw21.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lori-wilson-announces-2024-reparations-package-of-bills-feb-20-2-1600x900-1-1024x576.jpg)
Legislators lay out 2024 reparation package, with more in years to come. By Robert J. Hansen, Observer — California’s Legislative Black Caucus on Feb. 21 unveiled its 2024 reparations package…
![California State Senator Steven Bradford, right, speaks during a Reparations Task Force Meeting at San Diego State on Jan. 28, 2023.](https://ibw21.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/steven-bradford-reparations-task-force-meeting-jan-28-2023-1600x900-1-1024x576.jpg)
By Wendy Fry, CalMatters — A group of California lawmakers is tackling reparations for Black descendants of enslaved people with a set of bills modeled after recommendations that a state…
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LOS ANGELES (November 16, 2023) – The California Black Power Network (CBPN), Equal Justice Society (EJS), and six former members of the California Reparations Task Force – Dr. Cheryl Grills,…
![Six of the nine members of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans. From left to right are Don Tamaki, Jovan Scott Lewis, chair Kamilah Moore, vice-chair Dr. Rev. Amos Brown, Dr. Cheryl Grills, and California State Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena).](https://ibw21.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/reparations-task-force-what-to-expect-in-the-committees-first-report-1600x900-1-1024x576.jpg)
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media — The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans will submit its first report to the California legislature…