- A Chicago suburb has become the first city in the United States to begin issuing reparations payments to black residents.
- The payments are being handed out from a $10 million reparations package over discrimination and limited access to housing.
- According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, approximately 140 residents in Evanston, Illinois, will receive $25,000 from the city by the end of the year.
- In 2019, the city of roughly 75,000 residents approved a $10 million reparations package to be distributed over 10 years.
- The Evanston Round Table reports that the city has already disbursed reparations payments to sixteen qualified residents so far.
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Chicago Becomes First City To Pay Reparations To Black Residents
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - JUNE 17: LeRoy J. Jones, Chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, speaks during a Juneteenth reparations rally at Newark City Hall on June 17, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. The New Jersey Institute of Social Justice (NJISJ), elected officials, and activists marched and held a rally at City Hall celebrating the second year Juneteenth was recognized as a federal and state holiday in New Jersey. Legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday was introduced by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) in 2020. Rally-goers also called on New Jersey lawmakers to pass legislation to establish a Reparations Task Force that would allow experts to study and propose targeted and strategic policy recommendations for reparative justice. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
