After 246 Years of Slavery, What Could Reparations Look Like Today? | KQED News

As the debate around reparations intensified in California, members of the Black community stepped forward to share their perspective on what should be done to address systemic racism. In the final episode of our series on reparations, we learn how citizens in other states have held organizations and communities accountable for past wrongs. The video is a look at how reparations can be accomplished. And now that the California Reparations Task Force has delivered its landmark 1,200-page report with 115 recommendations for reparative measures, it will be up to the state legislature — and pressure from community organizers — to keep the momentum moving toward restitution.

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Documentary “Reparations Now!”, which follows the journey of the California task force studying how the U.S. can make long-overdue reparations for slavery:
https://tubitv.com/movies/100005110/r...

End Slavery in California Act Coalition:
https://endslaveryincalifornia.org/

California reparations task force final report reading (chapter 15, part 1). Examples of other reparatory efforts. Reading by Raphael H. Plunkett:
   • CA Reparations Report: Chapter 15 Par...  

Reparations educational resources via California Reparations & Reparative Justice for Black/African American Descendants of U.S. Chattel Slavery:
https://www.cjec-official.org/education

Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California | ACLU NorCal
https://www.aclunc.org/sites/goldchai...

California Reparations Task Force Report:
https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/report

13th (full feature). Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, director Ava DuVernay’s examination of the U.S. prison system examines how the country’s history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America:
   • 13TH | FULL FEATURE | Netflix  

A discussion of the way the 13th amendment has effectively continued the practice of slavery in America since the end of the Civil War:
   • Experts Explain the Slavery Loophole ...