Their ancestors were enslaved workers. Now they're getting $2,100 a year in reparations [cnn.com]
By Faith Karimi, CNN US, June 27, 2021 Linda Johnson-Thomas' grandfather worked at the Virginia Theological Seminary for more than a decade, first as a farm laborer before moving up to head janitor. Her grandparents lived in a little white house on campus with their four children, including her mother. But until two years ago, she had no idea that her grandfather, John Samuel Thomas Jr., had been forced to work at the school in Alexandria, just outside of Washington, D.C. "All I knew was...