California issued its first in-depth report detailing how the government has harmed Black American (cnn.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 6/1/2212:00 AM

Authors: Nicole Chavez and Laura Studley, CNN, article, California issued its first in-depth report detailing how the government has harmed Black Americans

Apanel in California considering reparations for Black Americans released its first report Wednesday detailing the "innumerable" harms of slavery in the state that "have snowballed over generations."

In a 500-page interim report, the California Reparations Task Force detailed California's involvement in slavery and how it continues to negatively impact Black Americans. The nine-member panel is the first of its kind in any state. Advocates have been pushing lawmakers to replicate it at the federal level.

Chairperson Kamilah Moore said the report is the most extensive issued by the government on the African American community in more than 50 years.

"Thus, it is my hope that people in California and across the United States utilize this report as an educational and organizing tool, as this interim report exceeds expectations in substantiating the claim for reparations for the African American/American Freedmen community on the municipal, state and federal level," Moore said in a statement.