Boston clergy leaders on churches to support fight for reparations

Clergy leaders from across the city of Boston gathered to ask the religious community for support in the fight for reparations.

• Mar 23, 2024

Boston's reparations task force announces plan to study city's role in transatlantic slave trade

Mayor Wu's task force on reparations announced that two research teams will study Boston's role in the transatlantic slave trade.

• Feb 10, 2024

Mayor Wu to announce members of Reparations Task Force

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will introduce the city's newly formed Reparations Task Force.

• Feb 7, 2023

What are reparations and why are they so important?

The Boston City Council voted to form a commission to study the possibility of reparations for the Black community.

• Jan 3, 2023

Question Everything: What are reparations? Why is the issue so urgent and important?

Recently, the Boston City Council voted unanimously to form a commission to study the possibility of reparations for the Black community in Boston. WBZ-TV's Chris Tanaka reports.

• Jan 3, 2023

City Council votes to study reparations for Black Bostonians

The unanimous vote means Boston now joins a conversation about reparations that is happening across the country.

• Dec 14, 2022