Boston reparations task force, redress is a work in progress

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Three women in white dresses hold baskets and place white flowers along the Boston harbor waterfront, with large black chains nearby. One woman extends her arm to lay a flower down. The Boston Globe logo is centered over the image.

When Mayor Michelle Wu tapped 10 activists, historians, scholars, and students to study Boston’s complicated relationship with slavery last year, the appointments were hailed as a crucial step in addressing the city’s strained race relations and in making amends to African American residents.

But the earliest that Black Bostonians might get to weigh in on this process will be 2025, meaning that reparations might not materialize for years to come.
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