California Reparations Task Force

California/Hawaii NAACP – Dismantling Racism and Disrupting Inequality

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaDecember 21, 2023

Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862–1931), a Black investigative journalist, women’s rights activist, and civil rights advocate, is renowned for her campaign against lynching. Wells-Barnett was instrumental in shaping public opinion against lynching through her newspaper editorials, pamphlets, clubs, and lecture tours across the northern United States. Wells held the position of secretary in the Afro-American Council, where she led its anti-lynching bureau. Her efforts paved the way for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) anti-lynching campaign. Following the racial violence of the 1908 Springfield massacre in Illinois, the NAACP was founded on Feb. 12, 1909. The organization

Op-Ed Opinion

A New Charter for Justice and Prosperity in Los Angeles

Kieran SmithSeptember 28, 2023

While Los Angeles has a history of making positive advances for social justice we simultaneously have a legacy of anti-Black, anti-Indigenous and white supremacist discrimination that still stains our city today.

Opinion

Why Communities of Color Must Read and Study the California Reparations Report

Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer June 29, 2023

The California Reparations Task Force was established to assist with the study of the financial, economic, educational, and social harms caused by slave laws such as Jim Crow era standards that flowed into the state masked as public policy for the masses.

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How Four California Cities are Approaching Reparations for Black Residents

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaJune 15, 2023

The California Reparations Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans will hold its last in-person meeting on June 29, in Sacramento.

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Political Playback: News You Might Have Missed – June 15

Joe Bowers, Tanu Henry, Edward Henderson and Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaJune 15, 2023

Dr. William “Bill” Spriggs, an educator and one of the economists serving on the California Reparations Task Force, passed away on June 6. The chief economist for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and a former chairperson of the Economics Department at Howard University, Spriggs, 68, held several economic policy positions in the federal government, spanning two presidential administrations.

News

Reparations Task Force to Recommend ‘Genealogy Branch’ to Prove Eligibility

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaMay 4, 2023

The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans is recommending that the State Legislature fund a governmental department dedicated to assisting reparations applicants prove their ancestry to enslaved people in the United States.

News

Reparations: Experts Compute Billions Owed to Black Californians

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media April 6, 2023

Economists advising The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans have developed economic formulas that project the reparations owed to Black Californians who are descendants of people enslaved in the United States are likely to exceed $800 billion.

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California Reparations Task Force Convened in Oakland

Sentinel News ServiceDecember 22, 2022

Members of the California Reparations Task Force met in Oakland for two-days of hearings on December 14-15 to discuss next steps after the release of their interim report in June 2022.

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Newsom Vetoes Bill to Extend Term of Reparations Task Force

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌, California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌October 6, 2022

On Sept. 29, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill (AB) 2296 authored by Assembly member Reggie Jones-Sawyer. The bill proposed extending the term for the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans by an additional year until July 1, 2024.

Local News Political

Reparations Task Force Plans Public Hearing at California Science Center

Cora Jackson-Fossett Managing Editor September 22, 2022

The California Reparations Task Force will hold a two-day public hearing on Friday, Sept. 23, and Saturday, Sept. 24, at California Science Center, located at 700 Exposition Drive in Los Angeles.

National News

California Reparations Task Force to Meet in South L.A.

Cora Jackson-Fossett Managing Editor September 15, 2022

Local residents can witness the work of the California Reparations Task Force during the two-day meeting planned on Friday, Sept. 23, and Saturday, Sept. 24, at Paradise Baptist Church in South Los Angeles.