‘Start Repairing The Wrong’: St. Paul Passes Resolution To Create Slavery Reparations Commission

CBS Minnesota

January 13, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The St. Paul City Council passed a resolution Wednesday to create a commission looking into reparations to African Americans for slavery.

The capitol city joins other organizations calling for change from the disparities created by historical inequities between Whites and Blacks.

It starts with an apology for historic wrongs, like the enslavement of people at Fort Snelling — including Dred Scott. His fight for freedom set up a United States Supreme Court case that was the backdrop for the Civil War. Another historic wrong was the destruction of the Rondo neighborhood in the 1950s in order to build Interstate 94.

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