The City Of Boston Appoints Members To Its New Reparations Task Force

Boston Globe/ Getty Images By Melissa Noel ·Updated February 10, 2023

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has announced the appointment of 10 members to the city’s newly formed Reparations Task Force, which was implemented to study the lasting impact of slavery in Boston.

“For 400 years, the brutal practice of enslavement and recent policies like redlining, the busing crisis and exclusion from city contracting have denied Black Americanshref=”https://www.boston.gov/news/mayor-wu-announces-members-reparations-task-force” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>said.

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