City of Chicago kicks off bus tours as part of reparations initiative
The City of Chicago on Thursday kicked off bus tours as part of its new reparations initiative.
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The City of Chicago on Thursday kicked off bus tours as part of its new reparations initiative.
The effort seeks to obtain firsthand accounts from Black Chicagoans about systemic racism to help inform a city-run study exploring options for reparations.
The report follows a two-year study by the Chicago Urban League.
Many South Side neighborhoods here suffered disproportionately from the so-called War on Drugs—where high rates of incarcerations leveled communities and shattered families. Andrew Ramos reports.
Chicago's Mayor's move comes as New York's Governor and legislators in California have also addressed the matter.
CBS 2's Chris Tye reports that Chicago took its biggest step yet to offer reparations to descendants of enslaved Africans. Johnson signed an executive order launching a Black reparations task force to design what comes next.
CBS 2's Chris Tye reports Mayor Johnson said a new task force is set up to examine how the city can remedy what he calls policies that have harmed Black Chicagoans from the slavery era to the present day.
