Rep. Shri Thanedar introduced a federal reparations bill to create a commission studying land distribution for descendants of slaves, though it faces steep obstacles to becoming law.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” ...

Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed ...