A public apology for Boston’s participation in the trans-Atlantic slave trade was made in June 2022, and the City Council unanimously decided to establish a panel to develop reparations suggestions.
Boston’s newly formed Reparations Task Force will study the lingering impact of slavery to “repair harm” done to the city’s communities of color.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Tuesday the panel’s aims will be “to assess what actions we as a city have taken and consider what actions we can take moving forward to acknowledge truth, foster reconciliation, repair harm, and restore and strengthen our communities,” today!
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