Detroit's Reparations Task Force has been formally introduced after the City Council approved 13 members last week, with each council member electing one of their own nominees.
last Friday to announce the task force's executive committee at the West Side Unity Church.
"The enslavement and overall persecution of Black people has enriched our country and created disparities in income, wealth and education," Sheffield said, per theThe four executive members, appointed by Sheffield, include co-chairs Lauren Hood and Keith Williams, plus Dorian Tyus and former city council member JoAnn Watson.
Nonexecutive members include Allen Venable, Gregory Hicks, Janis Hazel, Anita Belle, Bernard Parker, Jeffrey Robinson, Maurice Weeks, Cidney Calloway and Camille Collins.In 2021, 80% of residents approved a ballot measure to establish a commission investigating reparations for Black Detroiters. Black communities here and across the country have been stripped of economic opportunities for centuries. A number of
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