Yeah! This California City Council Greenlights Reparations for Displaced Black and Latino Families
As talk of reparations for the descendants of slaves continues to be a hot-button issue around the country, some Black and Latino families in Palm Springs, Calif., who lost their homes decades ago, are preparing to receive a multi-million dollar settlement from the city.
Palm Springs officials approve $5.9M for displaced Black, Latino families
The money was approved to compensate Black and Latino families who were displaced from a neighborhood in the 1960s and decades later led a fight for restitution.
California resort town of Palm Springs approves race reparations package
The Palm Springs city council on Thursday unanimously approved a $5.9 million reparations settlement with former residents of a largely Black neighborhood that was leveled in the 1960s for commercial development.
Palm Springs, Calif., to vote on $5.9M in reparations for former Black, Latino residents
The Palm Springs, Calif., City Council is expected to vote Thursday on a reparations settlement for former residents of a mostly Black and Latino neighborhood destroyed for commercial development in the 1960s.
Palm Springs approves reparations settlement with displaced families of color
The city of Palm Springs, Calif., will pay nearly $6 million in reparations to Black and Brown families who were displaced from a neighborhood there during the 1960s. The tentative settlement will be split among families who had lived in the neighborhood known as Section 14.
California resort town of Palm Springs takes up reparations package
The Palm Spring city council on Thursday takes up a proposed $5.9 million reparations settlement with former residents of a largely Black neighborhood that was leveled in the 1960s for commercial development.
Palm Springs City Council approves reparations agreement for Section 14 survivors
The California resort city of Palm Springs has reached a reparations agreement for Black and Latino residents forced out of their homes in the 1960s.
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