Screenshot courtesy of CalMatters | Dr. Amos C. Brown, Jr., vice chairperson of the California Reparations Task Force, holds a copy of the book "Songs of Slavery and Emancipation" as he and other members of the task force pose for photos at the Capitol in Sacramento, on June 16, 2022. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
California will apologize for slavery as part of reparations push
California’s governor signed a slate of bills today aimed at beginning the process of reparations for Black descendants of enslaved people, including a measure that requires the state to apologize for perpetuating slavery.
The headliner bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom requires officials to sign and display a plaque in the state Capitol that includes the following: “The State of California apologizes for perpetuating the harms African Americans faced by having imbued racial prejudice through segregation, public and private discrimination, and unequal disbursal of state and federal funding and declares that such actions shall not be repeated.”
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