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The Metro: Detroit Reparations Task Force seeking input from residents for next report

Jack Filbrandt, The Metro April 21, 2025

The Detroit Reparations Task Force is looking for input from residents as they’re preparing its June report for city council....

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The Freedmen's Bureau, depicted in this 1868 drawing, was created to give legal title for Field Order 15 — better known as "40 acres and a mule."
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Created Equal: Uncovering the truth behind the phrase ‘40 acres and a mule’

Madison Ganzak June 25, 2024

In the years following the Civil War, formerly enslaved Black Americans in the South were promised "40 acres and a...

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Detroit activist Tristan Taylor leads a Black Lives Matter protest in Detroit.
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Created Equal: Exploring reparations for Black Detroiters

Created Equal February 6, 2024

Many cities across the U.S. are exploring the idea of reparations, and Detroit is one of them. The city created...

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"The Fist" monument to boxer Joe Louis in downtown Detroit.
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Detroit Today: What’s going on with Detroit’s Reparations Task Force?

Detroit Today January 24, 2024

About a year ago, Detroit created its Reparations Task Force to research historical discrimination and harm done against Black Detroiters...

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Train set manufactured by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen in the old Jerusalem Railway Station, shortly after delivery as part of the reparations agreement with Germany, 1956.
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Detroit Today: What lessons can Americans learn from Germany’s reparations to the Jewish world?

Detroit Today June 19, 2023

This year, the City of Detroit Reparations Task Force begins its work developing potential housing and economic development programs to...

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DDOT bus travels northbound along Woodward Avenue on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, in downtown Detroit.
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Detroit Today: Reparations task force members discuss redressing harms done to Black Detroiters

Detroit Today April 24, 2023

The idea of reparations dates back to the period after the Civil War — when some Congressional representatives advocated for...

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U-M survey shows majority of Detroiters support reparations

Laura Herberg, Solina Robles April 14, 2023

The University of Michigan recently analyzed data from a survey on Detroiters' perceptions of structural racism and reparations. The study...

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Detroit Reparations Task Force Announcement
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Detroit Evening Report: Detroit City Council names reparations task force members

Tia Graham February 24, 2023

Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield has announced the members of the city’s reparations task force.Listen and Subscribe to the...

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