A city in Illinois voted Monday to pay out reparations to its black residents to make up for the slavery, discrimination, and racism experienced by their ancestors.
The Evanston City Council voted 8-to-1 on Monday night to approve the first phase of its reparations program: allocating $400,000 to be paid out in homeownership and improvement grants up to $25,000. The housing assistance is the first part of a $10 million plan for reparations to be paid out to the city’s black population, according to the Chicago Tribune.
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