A hearing was held in Sacramento on Wednesday to discuss the work of California s reparations taskforce - the first state-supported reparations team. They will present their report July 1.
Rev. Amos Brown, a member of California reparations task force, attended a state banquet in Ghana as part of Vice President Kamala Harris delegation rather than take part in a meeting.
The second day of hearings at a Sacramento meeting of California s controversial reparations task force began on Thursday with public comment and it quickly descended into chaos.
Activist Reverend Tony Pierce blasted the $223,000 payments proposed for black residents in California - yelling almost a quarter of a million dollars for each person is not enough .
The group deciding which California residents will receive racial reparations and how much they will receive will meet Wednesday and Thursday to make the final calls.