For decades, the United States Congress has delayed acting on the late Rep. John Conyers’ reparations bill, H.R. 40. In the absence of federal action, local efforts to achieve reparations have had some success.
In a new story for YES!’s “Realizing Reparations” series, journalist Torsheta Jackson surveyed some of those efforts in localities such as Evanston, Illinois, and Asheville, North Carolina. She spoke with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about her story, “Beyond 40 Acres and a Mule.”