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11 U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects

by Adam Beam
| June 19, 2021 12:03 AM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities, saying their aim is to set an example for the federal government on how a nationwide program could work.

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