The Fulton Reparations Task Force could be the first official county-level group to consider financial compensation for the descendants of former slaves.
That’s according to Karchiek Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse professor and chair of the task force. She and Marcus Coleman, the task force’s vice chair, joined “All Things Considered” to talk about what the money will go towards.
They say the county still has a long way to go to make right the injustices that helped build Atlanta.
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