Black Chicagoans Weigh In At City’s 1st Reparations Town Hall: ‘This Didn’t Happen That Long Ago’

City leaders introduced a five-point agenda for creating a reparations plan as a part of the “Repair Chicago” community engagement series.

by Charles Thrush

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ENGLEWOOD — Residents are weighing in on an outline for the city’s reparations agenda that could provide restitution to Black Chicagoans for centuries of racist policies dating back to the era of chattel slavery.