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Is Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday Supposed to Be Enough? Do We Not Deserve Reparations?
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Is Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday Supposed to Be Enough? Do We Not Deserve Reparations?

Timia McFarlin, Contributing Opinion WriterMarch 10, 2023

African Americans have been enslaved more than once in their lifespan. In fact, the community is still enslaved today because most African Americans suffer the long-term social-economic effects that slavery has had on us as a people both directly and indirectly. Do you, as an African American person reading this article, feel free? Are you as an African American parent having to coach your children about what to do when encountering police authority? Do you as an African American feel there are fewer opportunities for you to get ahead based on the color of your skin? Do you as an

Californians Await Key Decisions from Reparations Task Force
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Californians Await Key Decisions from Reparations Task Force

Sophie Austin, Associated PressMarch 4, 2023

Nearly two years into the California reparations task force’s work, the group still has yet to make key decisions that will be at the heart of its final report recommending how the state should apologize and compensate Black residents for the harms caused by slavery and discrimination.

Reparations Commission Releases Public Survey
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Reparations Commission Releases Public Survey

Sentinel News ServiceNovember 3, 2022

Following their first community meeting, the city’s Reparations Advisory Commission released a survey for Angelenos to share their experiences with institutional racism and their ideas on reparations in Los Angeles. Insights from the survey will guide the Commission’s work.

Reparations Supporters: All Black Americans Should Read Calif. Task Force First Report
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Reparations Supporters: All Black Americans Should Read Calif. Task Force First Report

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌, ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌June 2, 2022

One year to the day since making its historic debut, the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans delivered its anticipated interim report to the California legislature.  Responding to the release, Black reparations activists are encouraging Black Californians to read the report and share their reactions with the task force during a series of upcoming listening sessions scheduled both in Northern and Southern California.

Cal Reparations Task Force Votes to Replace Economic Advisor
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Cal Reparations Task Force Votes to Replace Economic Advisor

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌|‌ ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌December 16, 2021

One day after Darrick Hamilton testified before California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, the panel decided that it would not enter into a contractual agreement with the noted economist. 

The Way West: Reparations Task Force Looks at Black Migration to California
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The Way West: Reparations Task Force Looks at Black Migration to California

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black MediaOctober 14, 2021

During its third meeting, California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans looked at reasons formerly enslaved Black people migrated to the Golden State — and detailed setbacks they faced after arriving.

During the period historians dub the “Great Migration”– which lasted from the early 1900s through the 1970s – approximately six million Black Americans relocated from Deep South states to Northern, Midwestern, Eastern and Western states. Significant numbers ended up in California, escaping Jim Crow laws and racial violence and seeking economic opportunity.

WATCH: Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks on signing Bruce’s Beach bill, returning stolen land back to Black family
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WATCH: Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks on signing Bruce’s Beach bill, returning stolen land back to Black family

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 2, 2021

The story behind Bruce’s Beach tells a narrative of Black-ownership in America. Original property owners Charles and Willa Bruce had their land seized by the City of Manhattan Beach, California. The local government managed the rights to the land for almost 100 years.

However, on Thursday, September 30, 2021 the authority of Bruce’s Beach has been given back to the descendants of the original landowners.

The waves from the pacific ocean pulled onto the sandy shores owned by Willa and Charles Bruce. In 1912, they were the first Black landowners in Manhattan Beach, the Bruce’s became a family that owned multiple beach plots.
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Read more about Bruce’s Beach on https://lasentinel.net/bruces-beach-property-returned-to-family.html

Stolen Bruce’s Beach Property Returned to Black Family
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Stolen Bruce’s Beach Property Returned to Black Family

Betti Halsell, Contributing WriterOctober 1, 2021

The story behind Bruce’s Beach tells a narrative of Black-ownership in America. Original property owners Charles and Willa Bruce had their land seized by the City of Manhattan Beach, California. The local government managed the rights to the land for almost 100 years.  

Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Receives NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award
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Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Receives NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentSeptember 17, 2020

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has introduced several bills, including the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act, H.R. 71, the Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015, and H.R. 4660, an Amendment to the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015 affirming the authority of the Attorney General to reduce prison overcrowding by developing and implementing lawful policies relating to requests for executive clemency from deserving petitioners.

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Breaking Down the 2020 Agenda Lead by the California Legislative Black Caucus

Betti Halsell Contributing WriterJune 11, 2020

The California Legislative Black Caucus has a mission to “address legislative concerns of African Americans and other citizens of color.” The CLBC has released their 2020 Legislative Agenda and there are two noted categories: Priority and Supported Bills. They cover economics, education, and social justice. Here is a summary of measurements proposed this year.

Fed Up
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Fed Up

Senator Holly J. MitchellJune 4, 2020

When I saw the National Guard line the streets of Downtown LA, it stirred up a lot of emotions for me as a Black Angeleno. Having lived through the 65’ Watts Rebellion, the LA Uprising in 92’ and now the unrest we are witnessing after the public murder of George Floyd – I know that this fight is not new for us; it cuts across generations and is a sustained outcry for Black humanity to be seen, valued, and respected.