Efforts to address reparations for Black descendants of enslaved people, and those who suffered under Jim Crow laws, in metro Atlanta are kicking into gear as the new year starts.
Established in 2025, the Decatur Reparations Task Force plans to conduct research for a study on the harm done to the city’s Black residents through some of the most racially tense periods in history.
Decatur’s new Mayor Pro Tem Lesa Fronk serves as the city commission representative on the task force. She says the study, referred to as a Harm Report, is the group’s top priority.
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