Editor: I am a reparations skeptic. From reading various sources (NPR, Evanston Now, Evanston Roundtable), it appears the primary reasons for reparations in Evanston center around disproportionate arrests for marijuana, […]
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City’s Reparations Subcommittee Members Give Preliminary Views on Form of Reparations
On Jan. 10, the Evanston Reparation Sub-Committee held its first meeting at the Aldermanic Library of the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. At this point there are only two members: […]
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City Provides Timeline on Developing a Reparations Plan
As part of efforts to address the wealth and opportunity gaps residents experience due to historical racism and discrimination, the City of Evanston today provided an update on reparations planning […]
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Speakers at Reparations Town Hall Recount Oppression and Discrimination
The somber thread of black oppression permeated a town hall meeting on reparations, a conversation some deemed “transformative;” some, “continued;” and some, “overdue.” The meeting organized by Fifth Ward Alderman […]
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Developing a Segregated Town, 1900-1960
Evanston’s first African American residents arrived in the 1850s, and by 1880 there were approximately 125 African Americans in Evanston. The number grew to 737 in 1900. At that time, […]
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City’s Move on Reparations: A Nationwide Ripple Effect?
Evanston alderman on Nov. 25 created a Reparations Fund to address historic and institutional racism here, with the specification that revenues from the sales tax on recreational marijuana be allocated […]
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City Reparations Plan Moves Forward
Evanston City Council members are moving forward with a commission’s recommendation on reparations, including property tax relief and housing assistance for the City’s black residents, to address the wealth and […]
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Exhibit Shows History of Segregation and Redlining in Evanston
The “Undesign the Redline” exhibit, created by Designing the WE, will be on display on the second floor of the Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave., through Oct. 20. The […]
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Back-to-Back Meetings Get Reparations Proposal Rolling
Fifth Ward Alderman Robin Rue Simmons, 5th Ward, started off the City’s first community meeting on reparations July 11 stressing that the emphasis should be on seeking solutions to repairing […]