ACLU
New Louisiana program gives $1000 monthly ‘reparation’ payments to Black residents thanks to $1 million donation from descendants of slave owners
A dozen Black residents of Louisiana are receiving a guaranteed monthly sum of $1,000, funded by a $1 million donation from Deacon Leroy “Buck” Close and Gracie Close of South Carolina. The Closes are descendants of a family that built much of its generational wealth on the labor of enslaved people. This unique program, launched…
