Seized and destroyed last century thanks in part to actions by former members of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, the current supervisors apologized Tuesday to previous residents and descendants of Russell City, a community established in 1853 near the Hayward shoreline.
Members of California’s Black reparations task force presented their historic two-year report to state lawmakers Thursday, challenging critics to read the hefty tome and reconsider redress for the descendants of slavery.Residents of Russell City had a sense of community, pride, and among other things, joy, Marquez said.
Knowles helped produce the movie, which began with an interview of her father. Creators are submitting the movie to film festivals before it debuts more broadly to the public next year. Ethnic minorities such as Black, Hispanic and Puerto Rican people were paid around $2,000 for their property, which was said to be fair market value, according to the resolution.Many Black Californians believe that the government is long overdue in repairing the harms that kept them and their decedents from living without fear of being wrongfully prosecuted, retaining property and building wealth.
Carson cited other forms of government oppression of Black people, such as New York's use of eminent domain to remove Black people from Seneca Village to make way for Central Park.
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