The City of Atlanta’s Reparations Study Commission is hoping to implement public feedback from Black residents who are advocating for redress.
The commission welcomed the residents to its first public meeting earlier this month, allowing them to ask questions or comment on what reparations could look like in Atlanta.
“Complete reparations is the process by which a nation of people are provided with the means to restore their condition to repair the damage,” said Reginald Muhammad, director of the National Reparations Institute. “At the end of the day, we’re talking about how do we make a people whole?”
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