DailyMail.com takes a look at the reparations debate, and finds out whether small-scale efforts in liberal enclaves could ever amount to a national effort to tackle racism s legacy once and for all.
The Shorefront Legacy Center unveiled two inaugural heritage site markers this month as part of a project seeking to recognize African American Heritage Sites and African Americans’ contributions to the Evanston community. On May 14, residents gathered at Edwin B. Jourdain Jr. and Lorraine H. Morton’s homes to honor these sites in a milestone of.
For Ald. Bobby Burns (5th), Lorraine Morton (SESP ’42) was not just a political mentor to whom he turned for advice — she also played a “grandmotherly role.” Long before Burns entered Evanston politics, he already knew Morton as his mother’s close family friend. “When you left her presence, you felt better about yourself,” Burns.
One city plans to pay reparations to Black homeowners First of many? usatoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usatoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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