SACRAMENTO — Members of California’s Black reparations task force handed off their historic two-year report to state lawmakers June 29, beginning the next chapter in the long struggle to compensate the descendants of slavery. The first U.S. panel of its kind met one last time June 29, urging supporters to press lawmakers into action on […]
Historic work on Black reparations moves to the California Legislature
July 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
California reparations panel OKs state apology, payments
May 11, 2023 by Leave a Comment
OAKLAND, Calif. — California’s reparations task force voted May 6 to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies. The nine-member committee, which first convened nearly two years ago, gave final approval at a meeting in Oakland to a hefty list of […]
San Francisco board open to reparations with $5M payouts
March 16, 2023 by Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO — Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family. These were some of the more than 100 recommendations made by a city-appointed reparations committee […]
On Black Reparations: Attorney Donald K. Tamaki
March 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
From the historic coram nobis cases to the state task force to study Black reparations, attorney Donald K. Tamaki has been at the heart of landmark social justice issues for the past 40 years. The senior counsel at Minami Tamaki LLP sat down with the Nichi Bei News to discuss his current role as the […]
Japanese Americans won redress, fight for Black reparations
March 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO — When Miya Iwataki and other Japanese Americans fought in the 1980s for the U.S. government to apologize to the families it imprisoned during World War II, Black politicians and civil rights leaders were integral to the movement. Thirty-five years after they won that apology — and survivors of prison camps received $20,000 […]
Exploring the Black American path toward redress
April 15, 2021 by Leave a Comment
“In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War there was a set of promises made to the formerly enslaved, including the promise of land and that Black folks would have an opportunity to educate their children under their own discretion and control,” American economist William Darity Jr. shared with the Nichi Bei Weekly. “To the […]
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